Samsung expands AI memory, storage strategies

SEOUL, Oct. 13 (Yonhap) -- Samsung Electronics announced plans on Tuesday to roll out advanced memory and storage technologies designed to boost artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure performance. The tech giant unveiled the strategies at the OCP Global Summit 2026, held in San Francisco on Monday. Samsung detailed three primary approaches targeting AI infrastructure performance improvements: high-performance memory, Compute Express Link (CXL)-based memory expansion, and advanced data storage and management using next-generation solid-state drives (SSDs).

Shim Ho-jun, Samsung's corporate vice president and head of the application engineering team, presented the company's strategy. He highlighted that as AI models and data volumes expand, memory capacity and efficient data storage become crucial alongside memory bandwidth in enhancing AI system performance. Shim emphasized Samsung's commitment to co-design and technical validation with global customers and partners throughout the development process to optimize entire AI systems.

Furthermore, Samsung intends to demonstrate a CXL-based memory expansion solution in collaboration with Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) at the event. This joint demonstration aims to tackle memory capacity constraints in current systems.