Benny Katibian is the new head of research and development centers at Samsung

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In the last period Samsung initiated a series of hiring of senior executives from well-known companies. One of the latest assumptions concerns that of Benny Katibian as the head of the Samsung Austin Research Center (SARC) and the Advanced Computing Lab (ACL), which are the main research and development centers of Samsung Electronics USA. Katibian was vice president of Qualcommresearch and development company in the field of telecommunications.

Benny Katibian is the new head of research and development centers at Samsung. The details

Samsung has implemented a series of hirings for the top levels of the company itself. He recently took over two former Ericsson executives for the Samsung Networks team. Last December, however, he hired a former Mercedes designer, Huber H. Lee, leading his smartphone design team.

Finally, he hired Benny Katibian, as head of the Samsung Austin Research Center (SARC) and the Advanced Computing Lab (ACL), which are the main research and development centers of Samsung Electronics USA.

According to official sources, Katibian is a semiconductor expert and was in charge of autonomous driving systemsincluding ADAS (Advanced Driving Assistance Systems) at Qualcomm.

Not only that: the new boss was also COO della North American Cooperation a Xiaopeng, a Chinese electric car company. And he was hired precisely to implement the business in the automotive sector.

Also, Samsung wants to strengthen Exynos Auto, to supply products to various car manufacturers, especially European car manufacturers such as Audi and Volkswagen. This would help Samsung expand its market dominance.

The new Samsung Galaxy S23

The new ones Samsung Galaxy S23 they have just been officially presented and are now preparing for their market debut. Among the main novelties of the new range of smartphones of the Korean house we find the SoC Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2.

The Qualcomm chip is mounted on all S23s, regardless of the marketing market, without variants with Exynos chips. Samsung, thanks to an agreement with Qualcomm, can count on ua custom version of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2.