Samsung is currently facing major problems in its semiconductor industry. With advanced 3nm and 2nm fabrication, the company is struggling with yield rates, which has put it at a disadvantage against industry leader TSMC. As a result, Samsungโs market share in the foundry industry has also declined. To tackle this or other production-related issues, Samsung has collaborated with Palantir โ an AI-powered data analytics platform โ to improve yield rates in the semiconductor manufacturing process.
Samsung DS Division implements Palantirโs AI-powered data analytics
According to the Korean outlet Hankyung (via @Jukanlosreve), Samsungโs DS Division (in charge of semiconductors) successfully completed implementing Palantirโs AI-powered data analytics at the end of 2024. Palantir Technologies Inc. is an American software company that analyzes large amounts of data provided by clients and uses AI to improve productivity. Initially, Palantir supplied software for counter-terrorism data analysis to major government agencies like the CIA.. In recent times, the company has expanded its business โ now working with general business companies as well.
Since Samsung is facing problems in improving yields for foundry processes below 3nm and for 10nm 6th generation (1C) DRAM, Palantir could be an ideal platform to analyze large amounts of data. The Samsung DS Division AI center is currently managing this collaboration with Palantir. Samsung combined the DS Division Innovation Center and the former Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT) AI Center to create the new AI Center. Using the Palantir AI platform, Samsung will identify solutions for process upgrades, yield improvements, and facility efficiency enhancements.
For a long time, the DS Division has been very secretive, and they do not share any internal data outside of the company. The division is very careful because it can easily link the data disclosed to upcoming products. Samsungโs DS Division also abandoned collaborations with major companies such as Microsoft and Google as sensitive data about semiconductors may be stored on external servers. However, Palantirโs policy of โnot storing any data from its customersโ led Samsung to collaborate with them.
