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Samsung Semiconductor Opens New Site in San Diego – San Diego Business Journal

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March 18, 2024

Samsung Semiconductor Opens New Site in San Diego – San Diego Business Journal

SAN DIEGO – Samsung Electronics, Ltd., one of the world’s leaders in advanced semiconductor technology, has opened a subsidiary Samsung Semiconductor (SSI) Memory and Foundry customer engagement office in San Diego, expanding its presence and adding to its current research and development office in the city.

The South Korea-based company officially opened its newest SSI location last week – a 7,889 square-foot site at 12265 El Camino Real. Samsung’s R&D site – a Datacenter Technology and Cloud Solutions Lab about five miles away on Scranton Road – opened in 2010 and employs about 200 people, with plans for additional growth.

Samsung Semiconductor offers a wide range of products that power smartphones, electric vehicles, hyperscale data centers, IoT devices and more.

Samsung says it is the only company that offers solutions and services in Memory, System LSI and Foundry in one business to enable innovative growth in myriad industries – from hyperscale datacenters and automotive to the internet of things mobile and consumer electronics.

Jinman Han
President
Samsung Semiconductor U.S.

“We are thrilled to be expanding our presence,” said Jinman Han, president of Samsung Semiconductor U.S. “San Diego has always been an important location for us because of valuable customers in San Diego and Southern California.

There is also a rich talent pool in San Diego. The new Memory and Foundry office opening in San Diego will be instrumental in better serving our customers’ custom design and engineering needs in Southern California. The San Diego team will have approximately 20 employees supporting innovations that power AI, mobile, automotive, IoT, datacenter and more.”

Han said the ultimate goal is to combine the power of its Memory and Foundry businesses to provide Samsung customers with a vertically integrated solution to deliver next-generation technologies.

A leader in the memory business for decades, Samsung was the first to release an AI chip, in 2016. Samsung also commercialized the industry’s first High Bandwidth Memory for High Performance Computing, and continues to pursue opportunities to expand the AI memory market, Han said.

Samsung also enjoys a close relationship with Qualcomm. Last month, Qualcomm announced a multiyear deal with Samsung to supply Snapdragon processors for future Samsung Galaxy smartphones.

Han said the Southern California region’s demand for Samsung’s services is growing and will benefit from the new office The Memory team partners closely with major local customers to develop and validate memory solutions for mutual end-customers across applications while the Foundry team is responsible for the end-to-end support and engagement with local customers.

“In Foundry we are targeting datacenter AI and hyperscalers as well as AI startups,” Han said. “We are focusing on manufacturing technologies to provide edge AI solutions for on-device AI as we believe the AI market will grow exponentially and quickly in the mobile, PC and automotive markets.”

Last Year’s San Diego Trade Mission

Last October, San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria led a trade mission to South Korea that visited Samsung’s Biologic offices and other tech giants to strengthen business relationships, work toward a stronger, globally connected innovation economy and grow more quality jobs in San Diego.

Nikia Clarke, senior vice president of the San Diego Regional EDC and executive director of the World Trade Center San Diego, was part of that delegation.

Clarke, who helps drive strategy for regional economic development, said Samsung’s additional spot in San Diego sends a strong message about regional goals for global growth.

“This is well aligned with our economic development priorities,” Clarke said. “The global engagement reinforces our economic development objectives, and those objectives are really good, high-quality jobs in our most competitive sectors like semiconductors, the life sciences, and other strategic technologies energy and clean technologies.

Nikia Clarke
Senior VP
San Diego Regional EDC

“I think it’s important that Samsung Semiconductor has been in the region and part of the innovation fabric of the region for a long time. This new office its essentially a customer support office that will support the foundry and the memory team, and so it’s exciting to have sort of new functions moving here.”

Innovating and Expanding in the U.S.

Han said Samsung is focused on innovating the most advanced semiconductor technology. He said the company’s expanding portfolio of strategic partnerships enables it to access new technologies and enter new markets, helping to strengthen the supply chain.

“In the U.S. alone, Samsung has produced chips since 1996 and was one of the first semiconductor companies to produce chips domestically,” he said. “We will continue to expand and develop innovative, high performing technologies to provide significant benefits for our customers and partners.”

The San Diego EDC reported last October that South Korean-based companies directly employ more than 850 San Diegans, predominantly in the technology and manufacturing industries at companies like Samsung and Hyundai, and that the U.S. and South Korea hold the No. 1 and No. 2 spots, respectively, in global market share of the semiconductor industry. The EDC noted that South Korea is the No. 13 country investing venture capital into San Diego by deal count.

Samsung has multiple offices and R&D facilities in countries across the globe, including South Korea headquarters; North, Central and South America; Europe; the Middle East; Africa; Japan; and Southeast and Southwest Asia.

Samsung has invested nearly $50 billion in the U.S. since arriving in 1978. Its main U.S. office is headquartered in San Jose with an office and fab in Austin, Texas, primarily focused on U.S. manufacturing.

“In total, we have more than 20,000 employees in the U.S., innovating everything from semiconductors to manufacturing to enhancing customer experiences,” Han said.

Samsung Electronics, Ltd.
FOUNDED: 1969
FOUNDER: Lee Byung-chul
HEADQUARTERS: South Korea
BUSINESS: Electronics/Info Tech
REVENUE: $194 billion (2023)
STOCK: 005930 (KRX)
EMPLOYEES: 270,000
WEBSITE: semiconductor.samsung.com/us/
CONTACT: 800-726-7864
SOCIAL IMPACT: Samsung partners with government and organizations around he world to provide education through Samsung Corporate Citizenship.
NOTABLE: Samsung Electronics America was founded in 1978.

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$50K Reward Offered In Unsolved Murder Of San Diego Barber

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December 22, 2025

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K Reward Offered In Unsolved Murder Of San Diego Barber

SAN DIEGO, CA — A $50,000 reward is being offered for information leading to an arrest and conviction in a 2018 killing of a man in San Diego, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office announced Monday.

Arthur Jordan, 28, was fatally shot July 19, 2018, by an unknown assailant while sitting in a car in the 3000 block of Martin Avenue. At the time of his death, Jordan was a barber working in his family’s barber shop.

San Diego Police Department investigators have interviewed witnesses and potential suspects, but have exhausted all leads.

“We are very thankful for the governor’s support in our efforts to find justice for Jordan and his family,” said SDPD detective Chris Murray.

Under California law, law enforcement agencies may ask the governor to issue rewards in specific unsolved cases where they have exhausted all investigative leads, to encourage individuals with information about the crimes to come forward. Public assistance is vital to law enforcement, and rewards may encourage public cooperation needed to apprehend those who have committed serious offenses.

SDPD has requested that a reward be offered to encourage anyone with information about this murder, urging them to contact Sgt. Joel Tien at 619-531- 2323. Anonymous tips can also be submitted to San Diego Crime Stoppers at 888- 580-8477.

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Christmas Eve storm could hit San Diego County with 4 inches of rain and 40 mph winds

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December 22, 2025

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Christmas Eve storm could hit San Diego County with 4 inches of rain and 40 mph winds

The souped-up Pacific storm that will hit San Diego County on Christmas Eve could drop 3 to 4 inches of rain over a short period, making travel dicey and raising the risk of flooding, the National Weather Service said.

San Diego averages less than 2 inches of rain in December and hasn’t had a drop this month.

The region will catch the tail of a storm that tapped into copious amounts of subtropical moisture, causing it to grow and become more explosive. The Pineapple Express, as some call it, will affect the entire state. The first big urban hit comes Monday when the system is expected to slam the San Francisco Bay Area. It’ll then sink toward Southern California.

The storm, which also is packing strong winds, could slow or disrupt traffic on Interstate 5 and U.S. Highway 101, prime routes between San Diego and San Francisco.

Forecasters say the system will push into Orange and San Diego counties and the Inland Empire late Tuesday night and unleash heavy rain, and possibly lightning, on Wednesday. The wind could gust as high as 40 mph in spots from San Diego to Julian, forecasters said.

The most intense rain is expected to fall from mid-morning until late-afternoon Wednesday, when last-minute Christmas shoppers will be crowding freeways. Downpours could close some parking areas at the Fashion Valley Mall in Mission Valley, which often floods in heavy rain. Showers will last into Thursday, Christmas Day, and forecasters say a second storm could hit over the weekend.

A flash flood watch will be in effect countywide from 4 a.m. Wednesday to 1 a.m. Thursday.

The forecast has turned worrisome over the past couple of days.

The weather service earlier thought the storm could produce about 1.5 inches of rain in San Diego, and roughly twice as much across inland valleys and mountains.

On Sunday, they said San Diego could get 2.5 to 4 inches of precipitation. And there was deeper confidence that some areas east of Interstate 15 would be seeing 3 to 4 inches of rain.

Snow isn’t expected, though. The storm is comparatively warm due to its connections with the subtropics.

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Longtime San Diego bike shop hit again by thieves ahead of holidays

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December 21, 2025

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Longtime San Diego bike shop hit again by thieves ahead of holidays

A longtime San Diego bike shop is struggling to recover after its latest burglary — a break-in the owner says cost thousands of dollars in stolen merchandise and damages just days before the holiday shopping rush. The shop, “San Diego Bike Shop,” is located at 619 C Street.

The shop’s owner Moe Karimi says this is not the first time thieves have targeted his business, despite repeated efforts to improve security.

The small business has installed surveillance cameras, reinforced doors and even upgraded to shatter-resistant windows. Still, the owner says it hasn’t been enough to stop criminals from breaking in.

“It’s a very upsetting thing that you wake up at four o’clock in the morning and come up here and face the broken door and window,” said Karimi. “You walk in and see half the store is empty.”

Karimi says repeated burglaries have taken a growing toll on his business over the years.

“It has always progressively gotten worse and worse,” he said.

Surveillance footage from the most recent break-in shows multiple suspects inside the shop. Karimi says dozens of bikes were stolen — many of them high-end models with hefty price tags.

“It’s not just the money that was lost — the physical money,” Karimi explained. “I lost a lot of money because of not selling.”

The timing, he says, couldn’t be worse.

“During the holiday season, when there’s so much product taken out of your store, your sales drop because you don’t have the products,” he said. “And it takes time to replace that.”

Karimi opened the bike shop in 1999 and says he’s made it a priority to stay proactive when it comes to security.

“Every year I add some kind of security feature. I reinforce the doors and gates,” he said. “But still, if they want to get in, nothing stops them.”

Now, the repeated break-ins have left him feeling uncertain about the future.

“I feel very insecure in my business — that every day something can happen,” Karimi said. “It seems to me that nobody cares at the street level what happens in San Diego. It’s terrible.”

The San Diego Police Department says it is still investigating the burglary.

In a statement, police said in part:

“Shortly after 4:00 a.m., multiple suspects forcibly entered the business and stole property before fleeing the area. No injuries were reported, and no arrests have been made at this time.

The business owner reported an estimated loss of approximately $15,000 in stolen property. The exact inventory and total loss remain under review.

Detectives are actively reviewing surveillance footage and working with partner agencies as part of the ongoing investigation.

Anyone with information related to this incident is urged to contact San Diego Crime Stoppers at (888) 580-8477. Tipsters may remain anonymous and may be eligible for a cash reward.
Detectives are actively reviewing surveillance footage and working with partner agencies as part of the ongoing investigation.”

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