IBM has developed a 14-nanometer analog chip for artificial intelligence (AI) that combines computation and memory, similar to the human brain, leading to faster and more energy-efficient processing, making it a significant step towards sustainable AI.
Samsung Electronics has launched Samsung Food, an AI-powered food and recipe platform that offers personalized meal planning, recipe discovery, and smart home integration. The platform provides over 160,000 recipes, assists with creating tailored meal plans, controls cooking appliances, and allows users to share recipes on social media.
Samsung Electronics has reportedly won the right to supply advanced memory chips to AI leader Nvidia Corp, causing its shares to surge by over 6%, and analysts predict that Samsung will emerge as one of the major suppliers of the newer generation of memory optimized for artificial intelligence accelerators, HBM3.
Samsung announced plans to bring advanced Generative AI to its voice assistant Bixby, allowing it to understand complex sentences and offer more natural communication, and will integrate Bixby and Tizen into all its future home appliances, while also developing a lightweight operating system called Tizen RT for its appliances.
Samsung Electronics is using AI technology to innovate the home and create smart appliances that can learn from user patterns and adapt to their needs.
Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger emphasized the concept of running large language models and machine learning workloads locally and securely on users' own PCs during his keynote speech at Intel's Innovation conference, highlighting the potential of the "AI PC generation" and the importance of killer apps for its success. Intel also showcased AI-enhanced apps running on its processors and announced the integration of neural-processing engine (NPU) functionality in its upcoming microprocessors. Additionally, Intel revealed Project Strata, which aims to facilitate the deployment of AI workloads at the edge, including support for Arm processors. Despite the focus on inference, Intel still plans to compete with Nvidia in AI training, with the unveiling of a new AI supercomputer in Europe that leverages Xeon processors and Gaudi2 AI accelerators.
Recent developments in generative AI have sparked a gold rush, with big tech companies like Amazon and Google announcing upgrades to their voice-controlled digital assistants, Alexa and Bard, respectively, while Nvidia sees the potential of India becoming one of the largest AI markets in the world.
Intel unveiled its upcoming laptop chip, Meteor Lake, which includes a Neural Processing Unit (NPU) and will enable AI workloads to run natively on a laptop, providing personal and secure AI capabilities and potentially impacting generative AI adoption and data security.
Samsung's chip manufacturing department has partnered with startup Tenstorrent to develop AI chips and intellectual property for data centers using Samsung's advanced manufacturing processes, aiming to create high-performance compute solutions for customers worldwide.
Samsung Electronics has partnered with Rebellions, an AI chip designer, to develop a processor called Rebel for generative AI, with plans to complete it by the end of next year. Samsung will fabricate the processor using its 4 nanometer manufacturing process, and Rebellions will design it, while Samsung also supplies the memory chips. The collaboration is expected to benefit Korea's semiconductor business ecosystem.
Samsung unveiled the Exynos 2400, their next-generation flagship smartphone processor, which offers 70% faster CPU performance and 14.7x faster AI processing than its predecessor, the Exynos 2200, along with impressive raytracing capabilities and Generative AI performance.
Samsung's upcoming One UI 6.1 update for the Galaxy S24 is expected to bring various new AI-powered features, including a powerful digital voice assistant, making it the company's most significant AI update yet. The Galaxy S24 is also rumored to focus on AI-powered features and may be marketed as an AI phone, potentially incorporating Generative AI capabilities.
