Samsung Semiconductor India Research has 1,100 patents: senior exec

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Samsung Semiconductor India Research (SSIR), the research arm of South Korean manufacturing conglomerate Samsung in Bengaluru, has got 1,100 patents to its credit so far, a senior executive told ET. “There are close to 4,000 engineers working from the Bengaluru R&D centre on some of the key technologies for Samsung semiconductors,” said Balajee Sowrirajan, corporate vice president and managing director of SSIR. Talking about some of the product lines, he said, “some of the most advanced image sensors, of very high resolution, have been developed at SSIR and these are not just a first for Samsung, but are a first for the industry as well”.

For 20 years, SSIR has been entrenched into sensors, DRAM, storage solutions and neural processes. “We are world leaders in DRAM, or the volatile memories as we call them. We are a microcosm of Samsung Semiconductors in Korea.

We work on all these areas,” Sowrirajan said. Dynamic random access memory (DRAM) is a type of semiconductor memory that is typically used for the data or programme code needed by a computer processor to function. DRAM is a common type of random access memory (RAM) that is used in personal computers (PCs), workstations and servers.

High-end phones today have one terabyte of storage and cars or automobiles might have four terabytes of storage in the days to come, he said, adding that storage is becoming a big need from a data point of view. A phone has an average of four camera sensors… accelerated AI needs processors which are specifically designed for neural networks, and a general-purpose CPU might not solve the problem, he said, explaining the need for the company’s products. “Sensors are an example.