Artificial intelligence technologies continue to expand their reach by being included in a wide range of products and services. Smartphones are the final frontier where AI functions are becoming increasingly common. However, due to the high performance requirements of artificial intelligence, these features were limited to high-tech devices.
It is currently not practical to use expensive and powerful processors in every phone for AI tasks. The Korean technology giant has developed a solution called “special artificial intelligence accelerator chip” to solve this problem. Samsung plans to launch this chip, called Mach-1, in 2025.
Samsung aims for artificial intelligence dominance with Mach-1
Samsung recently announced Galaxy AI along with the Galaxy S24 family. It includes a language model similar to ChatGPT and many more AI tasks. However, due to the high performance requirements of artificial intelligence, this feature is limited to a few selected models. Even processors as powerful as the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 may struggle with some future AI applications. To solve this problem, Samsung is developing its own Mach-1 AI chip accelerator.
The company has already started development work. New reports indicate that the chip, called Mach-1, is planned to be released in 2025. While the first models weren’t power efficient enough for instant smartphone integration, it would be wrong to rule out the possibility of a dedicated AI chip in the Galaxy S25.
This is an important first step, and future iterations could lead to such advances. Additionally, Samsung plans to not only use the chip internally but also sell it to other companies, competing directly with Nvidia. Following Nvidia’s remarkable success in AI chips over the past two years, it is clear that Samsung, a major player in the technology, is keen to enter the market.
The dominance of Nvidia’s AI technology is evident at companies like Microsoft, Meta, OpenAI, Amazon and Google, which rely on its chips to generate billions in revenue. It is known that Samsung is developing similar processors, but a concrete product launch has not yet taken place. This lack of competition can potentially lead to market imbalances. Samsung’s entry into this field is critical to creating a healthy competitive environment.