- Headquarters
- Suwon, South Korea · East Asia
- Value chain
- Components & subsystems(Inputs); also Hardware & devices
- What that means
- Makes the parts others build into products: chips, sensors, optics, modules, engines and subsystems.
- Founded
- 1969
- Staff
- 267,800 (2023)
- Ownership
- Listed
- Listing
- KRX:005930 on Google Finance
- Website
- semiconductor.samsung.com
- Relevance
- Very high at its strongest, in Advanced Imaging & Photonic Sensing
Suwon, South KoreaIn 14 capabilities
Each capability the company is listed in, most relevant first: how experts in the field see its global relevance there, why it is listed and the source.
- Advanced Imaging & Photonic SensingVery high
Sensing, Timing & Navigation · Manufacture · listed #2 of 50
Samsung's System LSI division makes ISOCELL CMOS image sensors (including 200 MP sensors) and is the second-largest image sensor supplier worldwide.
Relevance: Second-largest CMOS image sensor maker with leading pixel tech
- Advanced Semiconductor FabricationVery high
Semiconductors & Advanced Computing · Manufacture · listed #2 of 50
Runs leading-edge logic (first gate-all-around 3nm) and the world's largest DRAM and NAND fabs; tops international patent filings in this capability.
Relevance: Leading-edge logic and largest memory manufacturer
- Nanomaterials & MetamaterialsVery high
Advanced Materials & Manufacturing · Research · listed #4 of 50
The top international patent applicant in this capability, commercialising cadmium-free quantum dot materials in QLED/QD-OLED displays and researching 2D and nanostructured device materials.
Relevance: Top patent applicant commercialising nanomaterials and quantum dots
Robotics & Autonomous Systems · Manufacture · listed #3 of 50
It is the largest international patent applicant in this capability, makes the Galaxy XR headset on Android XR, and through Samsung Display supplies OLED and OLEDoS panels for headsets.
Relevance: Largest patent applicant; Galaxy XR and displays
Connectivity, Cyber & Trust Technologies · Manufacture · listed #5 of 50
Supplies 5G/vRAN network equipment, Exynos modems and handsets, ranks among top 5G SEP holders and leads Korean 6G research.
Relevance: Major network, modem and SEP player
Semiconductors & Advanced Computing · Manufacture · listed #5 of 50
Combines HBM memory stacking with its I-Cube (2.5D) and X-Cube (3D) foundry packaging, and is the largest international patent applicant in this capability.
Relevance: HBM stacking plus 2.5D and 3D foundry packaging
Semiconductors & Advanced Computing · Manufacture · listed #7 of 50
Major HBM and DRAM supplier and leading-edge foundry, and among the top patent filers in computing hardware.
Relevance: Major HBM supplier and leading-edge foundry
Connectivity, Cyber & Trust Technologies · Research · listed #9 of 50
Second-largest international patent applicant in this capability, developing sidelink, NTN satellite-modem and device-to-device standards technology.
Relevance: Large patent applicant in sidelink and NTN
Connectivity, Cyber & Trust Technologies · Manufacture · listed #10 of 50
Second-largest international patent applicant in this capability, producing secure element and biometric ID chips and the Knox device-trust and Samsung Wallet digital-ID platform.
Relevance: Large patent applicant and secure element maker
- Post-Quantum CryptographyModerate
Quantum Technologies · Manufacture · listed #11 of 50
Samsung is the leading international PQC patent applicant, launched the S3SSE2A secure element with hardware PQC, and added PQC to Galaxy devices and Samsung SDS services.
Relevance: Leading PQC patent applicant; secure element hardware
- Semiconductor Design & EDAModerate
Semiconductors & Advanced Computing · Design · listed #14 of 50
Its System LSI division designs Exynos SoCs, modems and image sensors, and it is the second-largest international patent applicant in this capability.
Relevance: Exynos and System LSI design; secondary to its memory and foundry
- Applied AI & Advanced AnalyticsModerate
Artificial Intelligence · Research · listed #18 of 50
The largest international patent applicant in this capability, deploying Galaxy AI and its Gauss models across consumer devices and manufacturing.
Relevance: Large applied-AI patent filer; consumer AI deployment.
Artificial Intelligence · Research · listed #20 of 50
The largest international patent applicant in machine learning; develops the Samsung Gauss models, and supplies the HBM memory used in AI training.
Relevance: Large ML patent portfolio; Gauss models of limited global impact.
Sensing, Timing & Navigation · Integration · listed #34 of 50
A top-10 international patent applicant in this capability, mainly on timing and synchronisation in network equipment and devices; it is Korea's largest corporate actor in the field.
Relevance: Patent applicant only; not a timing technology leader