Samsung Electronics

Samsung Electronics is the semiconductor and consumer electronics arm of the Samsung group, active across AI chips, mobile devices, and smart hardware. In mid-2024 it secured its first announced 2nm foundry order from Japanese AI company Preferred Networks, a deal framed as a bid to challenge TSMC's dominance in advanced chip manufacturing . Samsung planned to ramp that 2nm process for mobile in 2025, high-performance computing in 2026, and automotive chips by 2027, with industry observers noting its earlier adoption of GAA transistor technology could give it an edge . Around the same period it pushed into AI-powered consumer hardware, releasing the Galaxy Ring wearable and folding phones with on-device generative AI via Google Gemini . Elsewhere's corpus also notes Samsung as a memory-chip rival to SK Hynix in China's push for domestic semiconductor alternatives , and as a hardware partner for Google's AI device efforts .