Samsung Electronics has announced its collaboration with Arm to deliver the next generation Arm® Cortex™-X CPU, optimized on Samsung Foundry’s latest Gate-All-Around (GAA) process technology.
This comes after years of partnership, during which millions of devices have been shipped with Arm CPU intellectual property (IP) across various process nodes provided by Samsung Foundry.
This joint effort paves the way for a series of planned innovations between Samsung and Arm. They aim to revolutionize the future generative artificial intelligence (AI) mobile computing market with groundbreaking AI chiplet solutions and to reinvent 2-nanometer (nm) GAA for next-generation data center and infrastructure custom silicon.
“As we continue into the Gen AI era, we are excited to extend our partnership with Arm to deliver the next generation Cortex-X CPU, enabling our mutual customers to create innovative products,” said Jongwook Kye, Executive Vice President and Head of Foundry Design Platform Development at Samsung Electronics. “Both Samsung and Arm have built a solid foundation from many years of collaboration. This unprecedented level of deep design technology co-optimization has resulted in a groundbreaking accomplishment, providing access to the newest Cortex-CPU on the latest GAA process node.”
“Our longstanding collaboration with Samsung has delivered multi-generation, leading-edge innovation,” said Chris Bergey, SVP and GM, Client Business at Arm Inc. “Optimizing Cortex-X and Cortex-A processors on the latest Samsung process node underscores our shared vision to redefine what’s possible in mobile computing, and we look forward to continuing to push boundaries to meet the relentless performance and efficiency demands of the AI era.”
Samsung initially produced 3nm Multi-Bridge-Channel FET (MBCFET™) in 2022, based on its GAA technology. This technology enables further device scaling beyond the FinFET generation, improving power efficiency and performance. The GAA implementation approach with nanosheets structure offers maximum design flexibility and scalability.
Arm designed the optimized newest Cortex-X CPU with additional performance and efficiency improvements, specifically for Samsung’s next-generation GAA process node. This collaboration ensures that the user experience is taken to the next level with enhanced performance.
The pressure to deliver products on time emphasizes the importance of ensuring first-time-right silicon with competitive power, performance, and area (PPA) attributes. Design and manufacturing optimization are no longer separate entities; the Samsung and Arm teams embraced design-technology co-optimization (DTCO) from the outset. This approach maximizes the PPA benefits for both the next-generation Cortex-X CPU design architecture and GAA process technology.
Generative AI is a key growth driver for products offering superior user experiences. Through their collaboration, Samsung and Arm accelerate access to the optimized implementation of the next generation Cortex-X CPU on Samsung’s latest GAA process technology, facilitating the next generation of product innovations with industry-leading performance.
