Samsung introduced the Galaxy S24 Ultra in January pushing AI features. They will also use AI in an upcoming Galaxy Ring that we covered in a report earlier this monring. Today we're also learning that Samsung Foundry, Samsung Electronics' chip manufacturing arm, is teaming up with the UK's Arm to adopt the firm's design assets for Samsung's most advanced chip-making process technology, Gate-All-Around, which aims to boost the company's edge in the global AI chip sector.

According to a report by The Korea Herald last week, "Samsung Foundry announced Wednesday that it will deliver the next generation Arm Cortex™-X CPU optimized on its cutting-edge Gaa process technology.

The collaboration between the two companies is expected to accelerate access to the optimized implementation of the GAA technology for fabless businesses, and minimize the time and cost of next-generation product development, Samsung Foundry said.

GAA technology is an advanced chip architecture that allows for further device scaling beyond the existing FinFET process that is widely in use. The GAA process technology improves power efficiency with reduced supply voltage level, and enhances performance with higher drive current capability, Samsung explained.

Samsung, holding about 12 percent of the market share in the global foundry market, was the first in the industry to introduce GAA technology at 3 nanometers in 2022. TSMC, which is leading the global foundry market taking over 57 percent market share, said it plans to introduce GAA from 2025 for 2 nm production.

“Both Samsung and Arm have built a solid foundation from many years of collaboration. This unprecedented level of deep design technology co-optimization has resulted in a ground-breaking accomplishment, providing access to the newest Cortex-CPU on the latest GAA process node," Kye Jong-wook, executive vice president and head of foundry design platform development at Samsung Electronics said.

Chris Bergey, senior vice president and general manager of client business of Arm highlighted the longstanding collaboration with Samsung has delivered leading-edge innovation.

“Optimizing Cortex-X and Cortex-A processors on the latest Samsung process node underscores our shared vision to redefine what’s possible in mobile computing, and we look forward to continuing to push boundaries to meet the relentless performance and efficiency demands of the AI era," Bergey said.

The latest announcement sets the stage for further collaborations between the two companies. Samsung said the two sides have "bold" plans to reinvent 2-nanometer GAA for next-generation data center and infrastructure custom silicon, as well as a groundbreaking AI chiplet solution that will revolutionize the future of the generative AI mobile computing market. For more on this, read the full report by The Korea Herald.

The AI Chip race is on. On February 16, Patently Apple posted a report titled "SoftBank, OpenAI and Nvidia Seek Massive Funding for future AI Chip Plant Projects."