NO MORE INTEL INSIDE

FOR MORE THAN TWO DECADES INTEL HAS REIGNED AS THE KING OF THE SILICON-BASED SEMICONDUCTOR BUT IT’S REIGN IS POISED TO COME TO AN END ON THURSDAY

Greater use of smartphones and tablet PCs instead of computers is driving the rise of companies like Samsung

— CHUNG CHANG WON senior analyst, Nomura Securities

ONGC, which owns 40% stake in PMT fields, said its share out of the demand notice amounts to $1.57 billion, equivalent to `10,195 crore. RIL and Shell hold 30% stake each

■ Mobile devices and data are the keys to understanding Samsung's ascent as the new industry leader ■ Samsung will pip the US manufacturer to become the leading maker of computer chips. ■ Analysts say it likely nudged aside Intel in the April-June quarter as the leading maker of semiconductors, the computer chips that are as much a staple of the 21st century as crude oil was for the 20th century. ■ Samsung said its semiconductor business recorded $7.2 billion in operating income on revenue of $15.8 billion ■ Intel, the dominant supplier of the processors that serve as brains for personal computers, has been the world's largest semiconductor company by revenue since 1992 when it overtook Japan's NEC.Samsung ■ Since 2002, Samsung has been the largest supplier of memory chips ■ Manufacturers are packing more and more memory storage capacity into ever smaller mobile gadgets, as increased use of mobile applications, connected devices and cloud computing services drive up demand and consequently prices for memory chips, an area dominated by Samsung. ■ Samsung’s dominance in manufacturing the high-tech commodity of memory chips can be compared to Saudi Arabia’s dominance in oil output