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Samsung and Arm Forge Deeper Ties in AI Chip Race

Samsung and Arm Forge Deeper Ties in AI Chip Race

SEOUL, Feb. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – Semiconductor firms worldwide are engaged in fierce competition to secure a leading position in cutting-edge foundry process technology, particularly driven by the surging demand in the artificial intelligence (AI) chip market. Companies are forming strategic alliances with strong partners to enhance their competitiveness in this rapidly growing sector.  Samsung Electronics [...]

Samsung to Manufacture AI Chips for Groq at Taylor Fab

Samsung to Manufacture AI Chips for Groq at Taylor Fab

SEOUL, Aug. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. will supply next-generation artificial intelligence (AI) semiconductors to U.S. AI solutions firm Groq, the U.S. company has said. The California-based fabless said Sunday (U.S. time) it contracted with Samsung Foundry to “solidify Groq’s product roadmap with a U.S.-based foundry services provider.” Groq’s new chips will “be [...]

S. Korea Accelerates AI Chip Development amid ChatGPT Fever

S. Korea Accelerates AI Chip Development amid ChatGPT Fever

SEOUL, Feb. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The government is accelerating efforts to cultivate the artificial intelligence (AI) chip area amid stiffer global competition in generative AI resulting from ChatGPT fever. It’s estimated that the operating costs of ChatGPT, which uses about 10,000 Nvidia graphics processing units (GPUs), are astronomical. Against this backdrop, AI chip development [...]

Samsung Joins Hands with Naver to Develop AI Chips

Samsung Joins Hands with Naver to Develop AI Chips

SEOUL, Dec. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Tuesday it is working with internet portal giant Naver Corp. to develop next-generation artificial intelligence (AI) chips, as part of efforts to improve efficiency of processing large AI data. Samsung, the world’s largest memory chip maker, said its cooperation with Naver will create great synergies [...]

S. Korea Ranks No. 3 Behind U.S., China for AI Chip Patent Applications

S. Korea Ranks No. 3 Behind U.S., China for AI Chip Patent Applications

DAEJEON, March 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea is positioned in the third spot after the U.S. and China in the area of patent applications for artificial intelligence (AI) semiconductors, a report from the country’s patent office showed Tuesday. According to an analysis conducted by the Korea Intellectual Property Office along with the Center for [...]

S. Korean AI Chip Startup Outperforms Nvidia at International Benchmark Event

S. Korean AI Chip Startup Outperforms Nvidia at International Benchmark Event

SEOUL, Sept. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean startup Furiosa AI said Thursday that its first silicon chip Warboy has surpassed a similar Nvidia chip on the MLPerf’s inference benchmark scores. MLPerf is a global annual artificial intelligence (AI) semiconductor benchmark event hosted by Google, Microsoft, Facebook and other leading businesses and research institutions. Furiosa AI [...]

S. Korea to Invest 125 bln Won in AI Chips This Year

S. Korea to Invest 125 bln Won in AI Chips This Year

SEOUL, Jan. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s ICT ministry said Tuesday it will invest 125.3 billion won (US$114.1 million) this year to support the development of neural processors, up 75 percent from last year. Neural processing units refer to high-performance and low-powered logic chips that specialize in artificial intelligence (AI) services, according to the [...]

SK Telecom Enters Semiconductor Biz with New AI Chip

SK Telecom Enters Semiconductor Biz with New AI Chip

SEOUL, Nov. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s leading wireless carrier, said Wednesday it launched a new artificial intelligence (AI) semiconductor for data center operations as it seeks to capture growing global demand for the chips. The new SAPEON X220 is the first AI chip developed by the mobile carrier and also [...]

Samsung to Produce Baidu’s AI Chip

Samsung to Produce Baidu’s AI Chip

SEOUL, Dec. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s No. 1 memory chipmaker, said Wednesday it will mass-produce an artificial intelligence (AI) chip for Chinese web portal operator Baidu Inc. early next year. Samsung will manufacture Baidu KUNLUN, the Chinese internet firm’s first cloud-to-edge AI accelerator, which is to be built on Baidu’s [...]