Samsung Finance Corporation (26.75%), Hyundai Motor (10%) and Doosan (10%). MEMC's joint venture with Samsung Electronics Company, Ltd. In 1990, MEMC entered into a joint venture agreement to construct a silicon plant in Korea. Samsung buys 10% stake in rival phone maker Pantech. Samsung currently owns 4.19% of Rambus Incorporated. Samsung currently owns 19.9% of the automobile manufacturer Renault Samsung Motors. Samsung currently owns 9.6% of Seagate Technology, making it the second-largest shareholder. Under a shareholder agreement, Samsung has the right to nominate an executive to Seagate's Board of Directors. Samsung owns 3% of Sharp Corporation, a rival company. Samsung Engineering
Samsung YEPP discontinued in most countries. Samsung released the successor to the YP-GI1, the YP-GI2 (Galaxy 070) only in Korea in August 2013. Samsung shut down all official MP3 players dedicated websites and blogs in Korea and worldwide. As of December 2016, Samsung discontinued their MP3 players and Android-based Galaxy Players lines worldwide. Even though Samsung never announced officially they would stop producing MP3 players, it appears they actually did. The naming scheme of Samsung players has always been the same. For example, YP-P2JEB, where J stands for Janus (MTP models, no letter if UMS), E stands for 16GB (V:256MB; X:512MB; Z:1GB;