Samsung 1999 Annual Report Download - page 12

Over the past three decades, Samsung Electronics has overcome
countless challenges to emerge as a world-class electronics com-
pany. But today, the dramatic, far-reaching changes in
business and society at the advent of a new century and mil-
lennium are presenting extraordinary challenges as we strive
to rise to the top of our industry. These challenges can be summed
up in two words—“digital convergence”—a confluence of digital
technologies that is now giving birth to a virtual tidal wave
of never-before-seen products and services. This is why
futurists are predicting the coming decade will bring more
changes to the way we live, work, and play than the entire 20th
century.
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March 31 June 24 June 28
We unveil two world-first
mobile phones. One can
be worn on the wrist like a
watch; the other can
browse the Internet and
function like a PDA. Later
in the year, we add two
more that let users listen
to MP3 files or watch TV.
Partnering with Compaq,
we unveil the world’s first
1 GHz processor in our
64-bit Alpha RISC
processor line. In
December, we join with
Compaq and Alpha
Processor, Inc. to invest
US$500 million to prompt
Alpha in network- and
Internet-related markets.
We complete develop-
ment of the world’s first
1Gb DDR SDRAM,
paving the way for multi-
gigabyte workstations and
PCs. The same month,
we begin mass production
of 256Mb SDRAM chips.
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