Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. A tracked procurement-relevant organisation, company, supplier, country, region, port, commodity, regulator, route or similar subject.
- Type The kind of entity being tracked, such as Company, Country, Port, Commodity or Regulator.
- Company
- Record status The current record state of the entity, such as active, merged or archived.
- Active
- Review status The internal editorial review state of the entity record.
- Pending
- Description
- South Korean electronics/semiconductor manufacturer.
- Procurement relevance
- —
- Importance An analyst-assigned input describing how strategically important the entity is. This is one of the inputs used to calculate Entity Criticality below -- Importance is the judgement call an analyst makes; Entity Criticality is the deterministic score calculated from it.
- Critical
- Strategic
- Yes
- Critical supplier
- Yes
- Watchlist Marks an entity for closer monitoring when new relevant signals or events mention it.
- Not watched
- Mentions The number of distinct real collected signals in which the entity has been identified.
- 74
- First seen
- 2026-07-28 09:18:57
- Last seen
- 2026-08-20 15:27:35
- Record type
- REAL
Entity Criticality A deterministic 0-100 score and Tier 1-5 rating of how structurally important this entity is to procurement and supply chains in general -- computed from its importance level, critical-supplier/strategic/watchlist flags and entity type. Country and Region entities are not scored here; they contribute through geographic exposure instead. This is a global assessment, not specific to any one customer's own exposure.
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TIER 5 · SYSTEMIC
95/100
ENTITY CRITICALITY: 95 — TIER 5, SYSTEMIC Highest contributor: Importance level: Critical (+70 of 70). Limiting factor: Not on the watchlist (5 points below its maximum).
Calculated 2026-08-01 11:36:35 (calculation version v1).
Current Status
4 open events Canonical events linked to this entity that are still Breaking, Active or Monitoring -- not yet Closed, rejected or merged into another event. · 4 total linked events · 0 Developing Intelligence threads · 0 report appearances · Not watched
Events Canonical events linked to this entity that are still Breaking, Active or Monitoring -- not yet Closed, rejected or merged into another event.
| Headline The concise title of the canonical procurement event. | Type The kind of real-world development identified, such as a supply shortage, contract award, regulatory change or production disruption. | Significance Significance estimates the potential procurement impact of the event, including factors such as supply, cost, operations, geography and strategic importance. | Confidence Confidence indicates how reliable ProcIntel considers the event assessment based on the quality, quantity and independence of the supporting evidence. It does not measure the event's importance. | Lifecycle Lifecycle shows the current state of the development: Breaking is newly detected, Active remains current, Monitoring is being watched for further changes, and Closed is no longer actively developing. | Review The internal review status of the event record. It is separate from the real-world lifecycle of the underlying development. | Articles The number of source articles linked to this canonical event. Several articles may describe the same underlying development. | Evidence strength A plain-language assessment of how much independent evidence supports the Developing Intelligence thread. |
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| Smartphone prices rise as memory costs surge: Realme, Oppo, Vivo, Samsung, OnePlus hike rates | Commodity price movement | 3 · Material | 2 · Low | Breaking | Pending | 1 | Low |
| Samsung India to offer festive discounts, interest-free EMIs as memory chip costs rise: JB Park | Supply shortage | 3 · Material | 2 · Low | Breaking | Pending | 1 | Low |
| Samsung bets on Texas expansion as memory shortage stretches into 2028 | Capacity expansion | 3 · Material | 2 · Low | Breaking | Pending | 1 | Low |
| Samsung sees chip shortage extending to 2028, touts long-term supply deals | Supply shortage | 3 · Material | 2 · Low | Breaking | Pending | 1 | Low |
Developing Intelligence An evolving procurement situation made up of several distinct but clearly related events over time.
No Developing Intelligence threads
This entity is not currently part of any Developing Intelligence thread.
Reports Weekly Intelligence Report editions in which an event or Developing Intelligence thread linked to this entity has appeared.
No report appearances
This entity has not yet appeared in any Weekly Intelligence Report edition.
Relationships A structured link between two entities, such as a company operating at a port or a regulator overseeing an industry.
No relationships recorded yet
Relationship intelligence will populate automatically as evidence is gathered.
Timeline Every recorded action involving this entity -- source mentions, linked events being created or updated, Developing Intelligence links, report appearances and entity-record actions such as merges -- in one dated feed. Nothing here is inferred; each entry is drawn from an existing record.
| Date | What happened | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-06 06:23:00 | Mentioned in "Asia shares fall on tech pullback, oil stable as Iran talks stay in focus" | The text "Samsung" in the article matched a known alias of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.. |
| 2026-08-06 03:49:37 | Mentioned in "South Korea’s Kospi tumbles 5% after 2-day rally, angry retail investors vow not to invest again" | The text "Samsung" in the article matched a known alias of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.. |
| 2026-08-06 01:07:18 | Mentioned in "Samsung pre-orders for latest Galaxy Z foldables jump 30% from 2025" | The text "Samsung" in the article matched a known alias of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.. |
| 2026-08-05 19:00:26 | Mentioned in "ABS and Samsung Heavy Industries advance floating data centre" | The text "Samsung" in the article matched a known alias of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.. |
| 2026-08-05 15:17:05 | Mentioned in "Why Samsung’s first AI glasses have no display" | The text "Samsung" in the article matched a known alias of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.. |
| 2026-08-05 15:04:49 | Mentioned in "Samsung stacks HBM atop AI chips in 3D memory push" | The text "Samsung" in the article matched a known alias of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.. |
| 2026-08-05 12:18:37 | Mentioned in "Samsung, SK Hynix signal stronger shareholder returns" | The text "Samsung" in the article matched a known alias of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.. |
| 2026-08-05 09:40:06 | Mentioned in "Samsung unveils industry's 1st zHBM concept, targeting 8-fold HBM5 performance" | The text "Samsung" in the article matched a known alias of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.. |
| 2026-08-04 19:33:31 | Mentioned in "Samsung Electronics launches next-generation AI memory technology" | The text "Samsung" in the article matched a known alias of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.. |
| 2026-08-04 15:58:17 | Created — "Samsung India to offer festive discounts, interest-free EMIs as memory chip costs rise: JB Park" | Supply shortage: 'Samsung India to offer festive discounts, interest-free EMIs as memory chip costs rise: JB Park' (lifecycle=Breaking) |
| 2026-08-04 15:58:17 | Pri Recalculated — "Samsung India to offer festive discounts, interest-free EMIs as memory chip costs rise: JB Park" | PRI: 1 — MINIMAL Base risk 5/100 × Very Low confidence multiplier (0.15). Highest contributor: A single event -- not yet corroborated by a separate clustered event (neutral baseline, not a penalty) (+5 of 15). Limiting factor: No Significance score yet (event has no linked articles) (40 points below its maximum). DATA QUALITY WARNING: no eligible entities. |
| 2026-08-04 15:58:17 | Pri Recalculated — "Samsung India to offer festive discounts, interest-free EMIs as memory chip costs rise: JB Park" | PRI: 5 — MINIMAL Base risk 33/100 × Very Low confidence multiplier (0.15). Highest contributor: Linked-entity criticality 95/100, normalised to this factor's 30-point cap (+28 of 30). Limiting factor: No Significance score yet (event has no linked articles) (40 points below its maximum). |
| 2026-08-04 15:58:17 | Article Linked — "Samsung India to offer festive discounts, interest-free EMIs as memory chip costs rise: JB Park" | source_item #2953 |
| 2026-08-04 15:58:17 | Significance Changed — "Samsung India to offer festive discounts, interest-free EMIs as memory chip costs rise: JB Park" | 3 |
| 2026-08-04 15:58:17 | Confidence Changed — "Samsung India to offer festive discounts, interest-free EMIs as memory chip costs rise: JB Park" | 2 |
| 2026-08-04 15:58:17 | Pri Recalculated — "Samsung India to offer festive discounts, interest-free EMIs as memory chip costs rise: JB Park" | PRI: 24 — LOW Base risk 53/100 × Low confidence multiplier (0.45). Highest contributor: Linked-entity criticality 95/100, normalised to this factor's 30-point cap (+28 of 30). Limiting factor: Significance 50/100, normalised to this factor's 40-point cap (20 points below its maximum). |
| 2026-08-04 14:07:27 | Mentioned in "Samsung chief tops dividend earners in H1" | The text "Samsung" in the article matched a known alias of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.. |
| 2026-08-04 10:40:53 | Mentioned in "Samsung foldables hit record 1.44m preorders, led by new Fold8" | The text "Samsung" in the article matched a known alias of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.. |
| 2026-08-04 09:52:00 | Mentioned in "China’s CXMT narrows gap with SK Hynix and Samsung in smartphone memory" | The text "Samsung" in the article matched a known alias of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.. |
| 2026-08-04 09:22:17 | Mentioned in "Samsung India to offer festive discounts, interest-free EMIs as memory chip costs rise: JB Park" | The text "Samsung" in the article matched a known alias of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.. |
| 2026-08-04 08:54:40 | Mentioned in "Samsung's retail investors seek extra shareholder meeting over buybacks, bonuses" | The text "Samsung" in the article matched a known alias of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.. |
| 2026-08-03 15:10:32 | Mentioned in "Foreign high-frequency trading exposes limits of retail curbs" | The text "Samsung" in the article matched a known alias of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.. |
| 2026-08-03 14:20:54 | Mentioned in "Samsung, SK hynix eye gains as GDDR7 prices rise" | The text "Samsung" in the article matched a known alias of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.. |
| 2026-08-02 13:36:50 | Mentioned in "Samsung poised to overtake SK hynix in HBM race" | The text "Samsung" in the article matched a known alias of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.. |
| 2026-08-02 11:42:44 | Mentioned in "Samsung, SK hynix expand binding memory supply deals amid prolonged shortage" | The text "Samsung" in the article matched a known alias of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.. |
| 2026-08-01 12:59:38 | Pri Recalculated — "Samsung sees chip shortage extending to 2028, touts long-term supply deals" | PRI: 24 — LOW Base risk 53/100 × Low confidence multiplier (0.45). Highest contributor: Linked-entity criticality 95/100, normalised to this factor's 30-point cap (+28 of 30). Limiting factor: Significance 50/100, normalised to this factor's 40-point cap (20 points below its maximum). |
| 2026-08-01 12:59:38 | Pri Recalculated — "Samsung bets on Texas expansion as memory shortage stretches into 2028" | PRI: 12 — MINIMAL Base risk 55/100 × Low confidence multiplier (0.45) × impact-direction multiplier (0.50). Highest contributor: Linked-entity criticality 95/100, normalised to this factor's 30-point cap (+28 of 30). Limiting factor: Significance 44/100, normalised to this factor's 40-point cap (22 points below its maximum). |
| 2026-08-01 11:36:34 | Edited | importance_level: None -> 'Critical', is_strategic: 0 -> True, is_critical_supplier: 0 -> True |
| 2026-08-01 11:36:34 | Criticality Recalculated | ENTITY CRITICALITY: 95 — TIER 5, SYSTEMIC Highest contributor: Importance level: Critical (+70 of 70). Limiting factor: Not on the watchlist (5 points below its maximum). |
| 2026-08-01 06:42:46 | Created — "Samsung bets on Texas expansion as memory shortage stretches into 2028" | Capacity expansion: 'Samsung bets on Texas expansion as memory shortage stretches into 2028' (lifecycle=Breaking) |
| 2026-08-01 06:42:46 | Article Linked — "Samsung bets on Texas expansion as memory shortage stretches into 2028" | source_item #888 |
| 2026-08-01 06:42:46 | Significance Changed — "Samsung bets on Texas expansion as memory shortage stretches into 2028" | 3 |
| 2026-08-01 06:42:46 | Confidence Changed — "Samsung bets on Texas expansion as memory shortage stretches into 2028" | 2 |
| 2026-07-31 18:33:24 | Mentioned in "Smartphone retailers urge brands to end zero-cost EMI schemes to make handsets more affordable" | The text "Samsung" in the article matched a known alias of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.. |
| 2026-07-31 17:36:39 | Mentioned in "Samsung unfolds a human Galaxy Z Fold8 over Dubai’s skyline" | The text "Samsung" in the article matched a known alias of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.. |
| 2026-07-31 17:01:16 | Appeared in the 2026-07-27 to 2026-08-03 report | Samsung sees chip shortage extending to 2028, touts long-term supply deals |
| 2026-07-31 10:17:16 | Significance Changed — "Samsung sees chip shortage extending to 2028, touts long-term supply deals" | 3 |
| 2026-07-31 10:17:16 | Confidence Changed — "Samsung sees chip shortage extending to 2028, touts long-term supply deals" | 2 |
| 2026-07-31 10:17:15 | Created — "Samsung sees chip shortage extending to 2028, touts long-term supply deals" | Supply shortage: 'Samsung sees chip shortage extending to 2028, touts long-term supply deals' (lifecycle=Breaking) |
| 2026-07-31 10:17:15 | Article Linked — "Samsung sees chip shortage extending to 2028, touts long-term supply deals" | source_item #574 |
| 2026-07-31 08:43:52 | Alias Added | Samsung |
| 2026-07-31 08:43:52 | Created | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. |
| 2026-07-30 20:23:29 | Mentioned in "Leveraged Samsung, SK hynix products should fade out naturally: ETF pioneer" | The text "Samsung" in the article matched a known alias of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.. |
| 2026-07-30 14:54:45 | Mentioned in "Samsung’s AI boom lifts chips, tests foundry and mobile units" | The text "Samsung" in the article matched a known alias of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.. |
| 2026-07-30 14:36:52 | Mentioned in "Samsung SDI posts first profit in seven quarters" | The text "Samsung" in the article matched a known alias of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.. |
| 2026-07-30 13:46:39 | Mentioned in "Samsung Electro-Mechanics profit doubles on AI server parts demand" | The text "Samsung" in the article matched a known alias of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.. |
| 2026-07-30 13:46:20 | Mentioned in "Hyundai Motor names Samsung, Nvidia veteran to lead autonomous driving" | The text "Samsung" in the article matched a known alias of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.. |
| 2026-07-30 11:20:12 | Mentioned in "Apple to join Samsung in AI glasses race against Meta" | The text "Samsung" in the article matched a known alias of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.. |
| 2026-07-30 08:56:02 | Mentioned in "Samsung bets on Texas expansion as memory shortage stretches into 2028" | The text "Samsung" in the article matched a known alias of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.. |
| 2026-07-30 08:55:42 | Mentioned in "Samsung Electronics Q2 net income up 1,300% to W71.62tr" | The text "Samsung" in the article matched a known alias of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.. |
Aliases
Review History
| Date | Action | Previous | New | Reviewer | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-31 08:43:52 | Alias Added | — | Samsung | — | — |
| 2026-07-31 08:43:52 | Created | — | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | — | — |
| 2026-08-01 11:36:34 | Edited | — | importance_level: None -> 'Critical', is_strategic: 0 -> True, is_critical_supplier: 0 -> True | Claude (Stage 9.5B -- approved production seed, Jack-confirmed) | — |
| 2026-08-01 11:36:34 | Criticality Recalculated | score=None, tier=None | score=95, tier=5 | Claude (Stage 9.5B -- approved production seed, Jack-confirmed) | ENTITY CRITICALITY: 95 — TIER 5, SYSTEMIC Highest contributor: Importance level: Critical (+70 of 70). Limiting factor: Not on the watchlist (5 points below its maximum). |