Our whole trip to Seoul was made possible by Samsung.  For the past 4 years they have been inviting Allyn to their SSD Global Summit.  This years summit occurred when I was off on holiday, so we arrange for me to go with him and for us to spend an extra few days in Seoul.

First I want to give a huge thanks to Samsung, they were such great host.  They even welcomed me with open arms, allowed me to tag along to dinners and different cultural events. I felt like another reviewer or tech expert 🙂

At the 2015 Samsung SSD Global Summit, Samsung release A VNAND powered M.2 SSD.  I do not want to even try to explain it, but I will is the next generation storage.   If you want to know more I encourage you to read Allyn’s articles and review, which can be found below or by going to www.pcper.com :

Good Morning (Night) From Seoul! New Samsung SSDs Are Coming!

Samsung Announces New Branding and Future SSD Capacity Expansion with their New 48-Layer V-NAND

Samsung Launches 950 PRO – 300,000 IOPS and 2.5 GB/sec from a M.2 V-NAND SSD!

Samsung 950 PRO 256GB and 512GB M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD Review

I did not attend the Global Summit events where the new SSD was released but I attend the gala dinner, the various cultural emersion events and I was able to visit the Samsung headquarters and corporate store.

The Gala Dinner

The dinner was held the evening after the new SSD was release.  Samsung officials, reviewers, employees and special guest all were attendance.  The events of the day were recapped, then we enjoy dinner and entertainment.

Dinner was amazing and included 5 courses.

After dinner we enjoyed listening to Korean jazz singer Youn Sun Nah.  Her voice was amazing.

 

 

Samsung Headquarters and Corporate Store

Our visit to the headquarters and corporate store the following day when we taken in Korean Culture. The headquarters building is located in Gingham in the Seocho District, which is south of the Han River. The location is known as Samsung Town (or Samsung Digital City) and is a complex of three office buildings of 32, 34 and 44 floors.

Located within one of the corporate buildings is Samsung d’light, an exhibition space that showcases all the latest consumer electronic products by Samsung Electronics. According to Samsung, the name d’light combines the words “digital” and “light” to correlate with their vision of being a “guiding light to the digital world” and leading consumers to a whole new lifestyle through digital technology. It is also meant to convey delight and excitement.

At Samsung d’ligh, you can create digital content with electronic consumer products boasting the latest technology. At the Capture Wall, you can have your picture taken and immediately projected on a media wall comprised of 82 LFD monitors.

You can also try out all of the electronic products on display including the latest laptops, tablet PCs, smartphones, and cameras. If trying out the products on display isn’t enough, the latest camcorders and digital cameras are available for rent and can be used freely within the d’light exhibition space. A quick journey upstairs will allow you to experience the latest products for the home.

The d’light Shop, which is on the lower level is where you can directly purchase the Samsung Electronics, various accessories and various Samsung logo items.