Samsung Electronics and Arm are expanding their collaboration to enhance the competitiveness of GAA process technology, providing fabless customers with development time and cost savings.

Samsung Electronics Foundry Business Division announced on the 21st that it will strengthen cooperation between the two companies by optimizing Arm's next-generation SoC design assets, a global semiconductor design asset (IP, Intellectual Property) company, for its cutting-edge GAA (Gate-All-Around) process.

Through its collaboration with Arm, Samsung Electronics plans to increase fabless companies’ access to cutting-edge GAA processes and minimize the time and cost required to develop next-generation products.

“By expanding our collaboration with Arm, we will be able to support innovations fit for the era of generative AI for our mutual customers,” said Kye Jong-wook, Vice President of Design Platform Development at Samsung Electronics’ Foundry Business Unit. “Samsung Electronics and Arm have accumulated cutting-edge technologies and know-how through their strong partnership over the years, and through this design technology optimization, we will present the most advanced GAA process-based ultra-high-performance, ultra-low-power Cortex-CPU to our fabless customers.”

This collaboration is an extension of many years of collaboration to optimize and mass-produce Arm CPU IP for Samsung Foundry’s various processes.

The collaboration between the two companies will give fabless customers easier access to ARM’s latest CPUs as they develop SoC products for the era of generative AI.

Arm's next-generation Cortex-X CPU, designed based on Samsung Electronics' cutting-edge GAA process, delivers superior performance and power efficiency. It is expected to provide the best consumer experience.

The collaboration between Samsung Electronics and Arm focuses on delivering products to fabless companies in a timely manner while also implementing superior PPA (Power: Power Consumption, Performance: Performance, Area: Area).

To this end, the two companies adopted Design-Technology Co-Optimization (DTCO), which simultaneously processes design and manufacturing optimization from the beginning of their collaboration, to maximize the PPA improvement effect of Arm's latest design and Samsung Electronics' GAA process.

Generative AI is considered a key element of products that provide new consumer experiences. Through this partnership, the two companies plan to maximize the accessibility of Arm’s next-generation Cortex-X CPU based on Samsung Electronics’ GAA process and support customer product innovation.

“Our long-standing relationship with Samsung has enabled us to drive innovation for years,” said Chris Bergey, senior vice president and general manager, Client Business Unit, Arm. “With the optimization of our Cortex-X and Cortex-A processors for Samsung Foundry’s GAA process, we are redefining the future of mobile computing and continuing to innovate to deliver the performance and efficiency demanded by the AI era.”

Through this collaboration, the two companies have laid the foundation for expanding cooperation in various fields. The two companies plan to sequentially introduce 2nm GAA for next-generation data centers and infrastructure-tailored semiconductors and groundbreaking AI chiplet solutions targeting the future generation AI mobile computing market.