SAPEON collaborates with DOCOMO Innovations to conduct a
PoC (Proof of Concept) for providing AI services
SEOUL,
South Korea, Feb. 26,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- SAPEON (CEO Soojung Ryu, www.sapeon.com), a global AI
semiconductor company, proudly announced their partnership with
DOCOMO Innovations, INC. based in Silicon Valley, a subsidiary of
Japan's largest mobile operator,
NTT DOCOMO, INC..
This collaboration marks a significant step in expanding AI
services, focusing on cost reduction, enhancing internal
operations, and accelerating the development of innovative AI
solutions. SAPEON and DOCOMO Innovations have entered into an
agreement to explore various applications, including Large Language
Models (LLMs), image and video processing, and computer vision AI
applications. They will conduct Proof of Concept (PoC) to solidify
these advancements.
As a part of this initiative, DOCOMO Innovations has commenced
testing of SAPEON's newly launched AI semiconductor, the X330 which
enables them to test customized models and Large Language Models
(LLMs). This follows, after having tested the SAPEON X220, which
has been proven to have high performance.
This cutting-edge service will be instrumental in multiple
sectors, including healthcare, finance, insurance, and call
centers, enhancing functions like voice recognition, converting
conversations to text, and automated responses. SAPEON 'X330' is an
AI semiconductor for data centers that provides more than 4 times
the performance and more than 2 times the power efficiency of our
existing product the X220.
SAPEON plans to target AI service model development companies
and data center markets with the X330, which boasts enhanced
capabilities which support Large Language Models (LLMs). SAPEON is
currently conducting X330 prototype testing and reliability
verification with key customers, and is gearing up for mass
production to meet growing demand.
SAPEON completed the development of the semiconductor design
asset with intellectual property (IP) for autonomous driving and
has obtained the functional safety standard (ISO26262).
Looking ahead, we are preparing to launch high-performance edge
AI semiconductors. SAPEON plans to provide customized solutions
using its AI semiconductors in various industries, not only in data
centers.
Soojung Ryu, CEO of SAPEON
commented, "SAPEON is at the forefront of AI semiconductor
development and has played a leading role in driving the
advancement of related markets. We are proud to be the first
enterprise in Korea to develop AI semiconductors for data centers
in 2020." Following our announcement, "we are excited to
collaborate with DOCOMO Innovations to engage with a broader
customer base".
Yoshikazu Akinaga, President
& CEO of DOCOMO Innovations commented, "As a leader in
technological innovation, DOCOMO Innovations is committed to
embracing new platforms and an open approach, enabling us to
persistently push the envelope and innovate in order to provide our
customers with unparalleled solutions. We are diligently
evaluating SAPEON's technology and excited about the potential
collaboration with them to pioneer a new generation in the AI
world."
About SAPEON Inc.
SAPEON is an independent corporation targeting the global market
with SK Telecom's self-developed AI semiconductor SAPEON as the
first result of cooperation among the three companies of SK
Telecom's SK ICT Alliance with SK Square and SK Hynix. For global
business, SAPEON's headquarters is US Corporation SAPEON Inc. in
Santa Clara, California, Silicon
Valley. SAPEON Korea, a Korean company, oversees businesses in
Korea and Asia. The SAPEON chip is
the first Korean non-memory semiconductor for data centers that
executes large-scale calculations necessary for realizing AI
services at high speed and low power. For more information about
SAPEON and its products, visit https://www.sapeon.com/, LinkedIn
(sapeon), Facebook (@SAPEON.Korea), and YouTube (sapeon).
About DOCOMO Innovations, INC.
DOCOMO Innovations, Inc., a subsidiary of NTT DOCOMO,
Japan's leading mobile service
provider, acts as a conduit linking NTT DOCOMO with the
cutting-edge innovations emerging from Silicon Valley. Through
partnerships, collaborations, and open innovation, DOCOMO
Innovations aims to extend the technological advancements and
expertise of NTT DOCOMO to the global market, enhancing customer
experiences and driving technological progress.
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