Samsung Electronics Secures AI Chip Order From Preferred Networks By CIOTechOutlook Team

Samsung Electronics Secures AI Chip Order From Preferred Networks

CIOTechOutlook Team | Tuesday, 09 July 2024, 08:49 IST

Samsung Electronics added it has secured an order from Japanese artificial intelligence firm Preferred Networks to manufacture chips for AI applications utilizing the South Korean firm's 2-nanometre foundry framework and latest chip packaging service.

It is the first order Samsung has uncovered for its state of the art 2-nanometre chip contract making process. The chips will be manufactured using cutting edge chip design known as gate all-around (GAA) and multiple chips will be incorporated in one package to improve inter-connection speed and lower size, firm said in a statement. South Korea's Gaonchips Co designed the chips, Samsung said.

According to the statement, Junichiro Makino, vice president and chief technology officer of computing architecture at Preferred Networks, the chips will be used to build high-performance computing hardware for generative AI technologies like large language models. Preferred Networks Inc. is a Japanese startup focused on the research and development of profound learning for IoT applications. The firm was spun off from Preferred Infrastructure (PFI), founded by Toru Nishikawa, Daisuke Okanohara, and others on March 26, 2014.

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. is a multinational consumer electronics and appliance manufacturer with headquarters in Yeongtong-gu, Suwon, South Korea. With 70 percent of the group's revenue in 2012, they are currently at the top of the Samsung chaebol.