Samsung has reportedly formed a new semiconductor development organization in Silicon Valley, aimed at developing next-generation AGI chips.

Samsung Electronics, particularly its foundry division, is rapidly progressing when it comes to upscaling its semiconductor capabilities, with the firm announcing new next-gen processes and, ultimately, clients as well. However, in the era of AI, Samsung hasn’t made significant strides compared to competitors like TSMC, as the firm was unable to capture the attention of the likes of NVIDIA for semiconductor sourcing, but it seems like the Korean giant plans on being one step ahead, as the world transitions into an AGI-dominant tech segment.

Artificial general intelligence (AGI) is apparently the next big thing after genAI, and for apparent purposes, since the tech promises to replicate human-like capabilities to make life much more easier. In light of this technology’s potential, Samsung has formed a new division in the US solely for developing AGI semiconductors, which is named the ‘AGI Computing Lab.’ While the firm hasn’t disclosed what type of chips we could potentially see, they would ultimately be similar to what we saw with NVIDIA’s AI offerings. Still, instead, they would have computing power that contributes to AGI’s development.

The AI segment sees ‘jumping’ into AGI as a golden opportunity, since apart from Samsung, SoftBank’s CEO Masayoshi Son has highlighted the importance of this particular area several times, and he also has ambitions to invest a whopping $100 billion, only for the development of AGI. Samsung could play a pivotal role here, probably learning from the firm’s position in the previous AI ‘bull run’ and strategically placing itself to capitalize the most out of the upcoming AGI hype.

It will be interesting to see what sort of capabilities these AGI chips bring into the segment once they are in a state of adoption, but for what it seems, this is still years away. However, Samsung’s decision to join earlier does mean that the firm is ready for the future, this time staying ahead of others.