SEOUL, June 18 (Xinhua) -- Samsung Electronics, the world's biggest memory chip manufacturer, said Tuesday that it will strengthen its neural processing unit (NPU) capability for future artificial intelligence (AI) applications.
The South Korean tech company said in a statement that it planned to create over 2,000 related jobs worldwide by 2030 in line with its focus on next-generation NPU technologies. It is about 10 times the current headcount.
Samsung said it will expand its existing collaboration with global research institutes and universities, supporting the nurturing of the AI field such as deep learning and neural processing.
"For the coming age of AI, Samsung is committed to delivering industry-leading advancements bought to life by our NPU technologies," Kang Inyup, president of system LSI business at Samsung said.
Samsung introduced its first NPU in the company's mobile processor, the Exynos 9820, in 2018. It planned to offer advanced on-device AI features for high-performance mobile chips.
The South Korean company said it will expand NPUs into areas such as automotive processors that power in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) and advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), as well as next-generation data centers optimized for big data processing.
It planned to evolve its current NPU research into new AI hardware technologies, including neuromorphic processors that aim to operate at the level of a human brain.
