Samsung Creates Lab to Research Chips for AI’s Next Phase
- Samsung is trying to outpace SK Hynix in AI chip designs
- Chipmakers are racing to feed a growing global AI boom
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Samsung Electronics Co. has set up a research lab dedicated to designing an entirely new type of semiconductor needed for artificial general intelligence, a long-standing aspiration in AI development.
The lab will initially focus on developing chips for large language models with a focus on inference — the hosting and supporting of AI models. It aims to release new “chip designs, an iterative model that will provide stronger performance and support for increasingly larger models at a fraction of the power and cost,” Kyung Kye-Hyun, who heads the company’s semiconductor business, wrote in a LinkedIn post on Tuesday.