At an investor conference, Samsung Co-CEO Koh Dong-jin said that Samsung is streamlining its smartphone lineup, and a casualty of the ongoing chip supply pinch may be the 2021 Galaxy Note lineup. "There's a serious imbalance in supply and demand of chips in the IT sector globally," said Koh. "Despite the difficult environment, our business leaders are meeting partners overseas to solve these problems. It's hard to say the shortage issue has been solved 100%." Samsung is not just dealing with supply issues in Taiwan and China. Its Austin, Texas chip fabrication facility has still not returned to full production, after the record-breaking February storm shut it down, Wednesday morning's report from