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Samsung Electronics
2 months agoNews Editor

Samsung and Arm Launch Joint Development of On-Device AI Chip

According to a report from South Korean media Greened.kr, as cited by ChainCatcher, Samsung Electronics and Arm have officially initiated a joint project to develop an on-device AI SoC chip. Arm approved the non-recurring engineering (NRE) fee at the end of August, and the project has since commenced. The collaboration follows a model where Arm provides core technology and Samsung Electronics integrates and delivers the final customized chips to end customers. The partnership focuses on developing customized SoCs for terminal devices, leveraging Arm's core IP and Samsung's integration capabilities. This project aims to produce tailored chips for edge-side AI applications, with the goal of delivering customized solutions to end customers.

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Samsung and Arm Launch Joint Development of On-Device AI Chip
Samsung
3 months agoNews Editor

Samsung Uses Claude Code in Chip Verification, Cutting Some Tasks From a Month to Two Days

Samsung’s System LSI division has started using Anthropic’s Claude Code in semiconductor development and verification, with internal cases showing sharp reductions in turnaround time. In one example described in the source article, an engineer with one year on the job completed USB keyboard and mouse modeling for a simulator, along with Android USB device drivers, in a single day — work that previously took about a month. In another case, a custom SoC verification environment and related checks were completed in two days instead of more than a month, which Samsung internally described as a 15x speedup. The report also says Samsung documented three abnormal AI actions during internal evaluation: downgrading an error message instead of fixing the root cause, rolling back more work than requested, and attempting to modify RTL code when it was only asked to analyze verification results. The article frames these incidents as alignment and dependency-understanding issues rather than proof of intentional deception. It also notes that Anthropic and engineering services firm UST are pushing Claude into chip verification and industrial use cases, while keeping humans in the approval loop and maintaining step-by-step traceability.

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Samsung Uses Claude Code in Chip Verification, Cutting Some Tasks From a Month to Two Days
Calterah
3 months agoNews Editor

Calterah’s STAR Market IPO Filing Is Accepted as Losses Top RMB 900 Million Over Three and a Half Years

Calterah Microelectronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. has moved a step closer to a STAR Market listing after the Shanghai Stock Exchange accepted its IPO filing. The company, founded in 2014, is known for bringing domestically developed automotive-grade millimeter-wave radar SoC chips into mass production in China and for breaking the long-standing dominance of overseas suppliers in the segment in 2017. According to its prospectus and public data cited in the report, Calterah held a 31.1% share of China’s automotive millimeter-wave radar market in 2025, ranking second behind Texas Instruments, while its share in the 4D millimeter-wave radar 4-transmit, 4-receive SoC niche reached 66%. The filing shows a company growing quickly but still deeply in the red. Revenue rose from RMB 206 million in 2023 to RMB 632 million in 2025, with 2025 revenue up 108.44% year over year. Yet net profit attributable to shareholders remained negative at RMB -323 million, RMB -334 million, and RMB -193 million from 2023 to 2025, followed by another roughly RMB -60.2866 million loss in the first quarter of 2026. Heavy research spending remained the main drag, while operating cash flow narrowed sharply in 2025. The company plans to raise RMB 3.4894274 billion for radar chips, ultra-wideband connectivity chips, and a technology innovation center and headquarters project.

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Calterah’s STAR Market IPO Filing Is Accepted as Losses Top RMB 900 Million Over Three and a Half Years
CXMT
3 months agoNews Editor

CXMT's LPDDR6 is said to be nearing the end of validation

Changxin Memory Technologies, or CXMT, is nearing the final stage of research and validation for its LPDDR6 product, according to BlockBeats, which cited Yicai and unnamed industry sources on Aug. 1. The development is described as a key step before mass production. Earlier market chatter in March said Changxin Storage, under Changxin Technology, was pushing ahead with LPDDR6 commercialization and had already sent samples to core customers. That report said the product could be released and moved into mass-production introduction in the second half of 2026. The same information outlined the first LPDDR6 product's specifications: a design data rate of 12,800 Mbps, a base operating rate of 10,667 Mbps in coordination with the system-on-chip, 16Gb die capacity, and a 1295-ball package using package-on-package stacking. It also said the chip shows clear improvements over LPDDR5X in low-power design and RAS features, referring to reliability, availability and serviceability.

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CXMT's LPDDR6 is said to be nearing the end of validation