I.

ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY

a. Research and Development

R&D is at the heart of everything Samsung does. Ongoing investment in
our collaborative global research network plays a critical role in our ability
to innovate products today that will enrich peoples lives tomorrow.

People
Samsungs team of researchers and engineers include over 50,000
employees across 42 global research facilitieseach one
collaborating on strategic technologies to forge new market trends

and set new standards of excellence.

Organization
Samsungs R&D organization consists of three layers:
1. The Samsung Advance Institute of Technology :
SAIT identifies growth engines for the future and oversees the
securing and management of technology.
2. R&D Centers
Our global R&D centers for each business area focus on
technology that is expected to deliver the most promising longterm results.
3. Division Product Development Teams

The division teams in each center are responsible for

commercializing products scheduled to hit the market within one

or two years.
Investment
R&D is Samsungs key to responding to uncertain business
environments and an increasingly competitive market place. Each
year Samsung invest at least 9% of our sales revenue into R&D
activities with a commitment to leading technology standardization

and securing intellectual property rights.

Global R&D Network
Our R&D network spans six Samsung centers in Korea, and 18 more
across the U.S., U.K., Russia, Israel, India, Japan and Chinanot to
mention our organizations in Universities across the globe. Our
network investigates the latest technology trends and realizes
technologies that offer the greatest benefits .

CENTER NAME

Samsung Information Systems

America, Inc. (SISA)
Dallas Telecom Laboratory (DTL)
Samsung Electronics Research
Institute (SERI)
Moscow Samsung Research Center
(SRC)
Samsung R&D Institute India Bangalore (SRIB)
Samsung Telecom Research Israel
(STRI)
Beijing Samsung Telecommunication
(BST)
Samsung Semiconductor China R&D
(SSCR)
Samsung Electronics (China)R&D
Center (SCRC)

R&D AREAS

Strategic parts and components, core technologies

Technologies and products for next-generation
telecommunications systems
Mobile phones and digital TV software
Optics, software algorithms and other new technologies
System software for digital products, protocols for
wired/wireless networks and handsets
Hebrew software for mobile phones
Mobile telecommunications standardization and
commercialization for China
Semiconductor packages and solutions
Software, digital TVs and MP3 players for China

Samsung Yokohama Research

Core next-generation parts and components, digital
Institute
technologies
Samsung Poland R&D Center (SPRC) STB SW Platform Dev., EU STB/DTV commercialization
Samsung R&D Institute India - Delhi
(SRID)

S/W Platform and Application Design, Graphic design

b. Operating System

Android System
Android is an OS created by Google for use on mobile devices,
such as smartphones and tablets. It's an OS that's available on
devices made by a variety of manufacturers, giving you more
choices of device style and pricing. Also, with the Android OS, you
can customize your device in many ways.

List of Feature in Android :

1. General

Messaging

Web browser

Voice-based features

Multi-touch

Multitasking

Screen capture

TV recoding

Video calling

Multiple language support

Accessibility

2. Connectivity
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Connectivity

Bluetooth

Tethering

3. Media
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Streaming media support

Media support

External storage

4. Hardware Support
Android devices can include still/video
cameras, touchscreens, GPS, accelerometers, gyroscopes, baromet
ers, magnetometers, dedicated gaming
controls, proximity andpressure sensors, thermometers, accelerated
2D bit blits (with hardware orientation, scaling, pixel format
conversion) and accelerated 3D graphics.
5. Others
Java support
Handset layouts
Storage
Native Apps

Tizen Operating System

Samsung has worked with Intel to develop Tizen. It is Linuxbased platform built from Nokia and Intels ditched MeeGo. The fact
it is open-source, like Android, means that hardware manufacturers
that choose to adopt it are free to tinker with the interface and the
UI to make it as unique as they like. Samsung has also taken some
of the more interesting features that cropped up in Bada, its first
attempt to go it alone on an operating sytem and built them into
Tizen.
Tizen is a HTML5-based operating system. This is good news
for content creators since the platform should allow for shorter
development cycles, works intuitively with the web and should
lower the cost of making apps. For the user, it means we can expect
slicker mobile web applications for phones and tablets. There should
be greater native support for video, in particular, so you'll no longer
have to download plug-ins to watch YouTube clips or to listen to a
song.
As we've seen with Windows 8/Windows Phone 8, apps are a
very big deal the growth and success of any new operating system.
The good news is that Tizen will support native and web apps just as
it did for Bada and existing Bada apps will also be ported over. Cut
the Rope and Gameloft's Asphalt 7 are already set for the open
Tizen Store and gives you an idea of the calibre of content you can
expect at launch. To help make sure the app catalogue is fully
stocked, Samsung also launched a Tizen app challenge in 2013
handing out $4 million to the 64 winners who created a both native
Tizen apps and HTML5-based applications.