Google share prices fall down to Samsung’s decision
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After reports of Samsung having negotiations with Microsoft to make Bing the default search engine on Galaxy devices started making rounds of the internet, Google went into panic mode. Well, as a result, the share prices of Google’s parent company, Alphabet, fell by 4%. Google’s $162 billion-a-year search engine business is currently facing these challenges, thanks to Microsoft’s integration of Open AI’s artificial intelligence technology, ChatGPT.
The world knows the advantages of using ChatGPT and the benefits a user can get when it is integrated into a search engine. Google was shocked to learn that Samsung is considering Microsoft Bing as the default browser, and the talks have gone into the negotiation stage. This is also because Google earns an estimated $3 billion in annual revenue from Samsung’s contract.
Microsoft’s shares saw growth by 1% amidst the downfall of Alphabet
If the deal between Samsung and Microsoft goes through, it would mean Google loses not only a $3 billion contract but also a valuable partner. In fact, the deal could also influence other players such as Apple, with which Google has a $20 billion contract that is up for renewal this year.
In response to Reuters, Google commented that it is working on bringing AI capabilities to its search engine without commenting anything on its association with Samsung. Samsung also did not respond to this news. Alphabet lost $100 billion on February 8 after reports of its chatbot Bard, which shared inaccurate information in a promotional video and failed the company event.
Now, thanks to the reports of Samsung and Microsoft’s deal, Alphabet’s stock fell to $104.90, erasing nearly $50 billion from Alphabet’s market capitalization. Microsoft, on the other hand, outperformed the broader market and saw a rise of 1%.
The rumored Exynos 2400 SoC has been in the headlines a lot lately. But even though Samsung’s chipset division appears to be working on this new Exynos solution, its purpose was open to debate. Is the Exynos 2400 SoC destined for the Galaxy S24 flagship series? Or is Samsung creating a new high-end Exynos SoC for its clients? Will the Exynos 2400 chip be adopted by a third-party portable gaming console? Or does Samsung want to sell the SoC to partner OEMs from China?
Nothing is official until it is, so you could say that the purpose of the Exynos 2400 will be open to interpretation until Samsung officially spills the beans on the Galaxy S24 series. But according to a new rumor, there’s nothing more to debate: the Exynos 2400 SoC is meant to fuel the Galaxy S24 flagship phones in select markets.
Samsung MX gives the Exynos 2400 SoC the seal of approval
Samsung MX (Mobile Experience) reportedly greenlit the Exynos 2400 SoC for mass production. And the Mobile Experience division wouldn’t have been involved with giving the chipset its seal of approval if it didn’t have plans to use it for its own purposes.
That purpose is the Galaxy S24 series, says the new rumor. And as to why the Exynos 2400 chip is supposedly meant for the Galaxy S24 flagship series and not the next Fan Edition phone — presumably called the Galaxy S23 FE — well, it’s because the S23 FE will be powered by the Exynos 2200 SoC. Supposedly. Again, not much is officially confirmed at this point in time, but this is what the rumor mill is now churning, and more reports are now leaning in favor of the idea that Exynos will return to the Galaxy S flagship series next year for better or for worse.
Samsung is supposedly mass-producing the Exynos 2400 SoC on a 4nm LPP (Low Power Plus) manufacturing process. The Galaxy S24 series may be unveiled in January or February 2024. It should consist of a base, a Plus, and an Ultra model, and all three Galaxy S24 variants are supposedly getting more base RAM for improved productivity and multitasking capabilities.
