Today I heard that Samsung is going to make bitcoin mining hardware especially Antminer S9 which I heard that they will name it as 'Samsung S9',
They will probably never use that name.
It's the same name for their current flagship phone , S9 galaxy so it's too risky to have products share the name.
Besides they will be a direct competitor for bitmain not a partner.
Almost all of the Samsung users will then know about this device and so more and more people will then know about bitcoin and the demand and the users of bitcoin will be increased too much.
It's doubtful that anyone having a mobile smartphone hasn't come yet across news about bitcoin.
They create computer's and laptops but I dont think they create and sell mining related technology. Yeah, it is possible to see that bitcoin market is very profitable and they have the advantage of being one of the best companies in the world but still I dont think they would create a mining hardware especially because of bitcoin
It's half confirmed:
https://news.samsung.com/global/samsung-electronics-announces-fourth-quarter-and-fy-2017-resultsAt least they are going to make chips...not sure about miners but chips are definitely on the table