Supergate , a company specializing in system semiconductor design, announced on the 22nd that it had been awarded a contract for the 'Chiplet-based low-power on-device AI (artificial intelligence) semiconductor technology development' project promoted by the Ministry of Science and ICT.
The main goal of this project is to implement a CPU-based system semiconductor platform optimized for chiplet-based low-power on-devices, and to develop an AI semiconductor specialized for small language models (sLLMs) and an ultra-low-power spiking neural network (SNN) accelerator through this.
Supergate will serve as the main organization in charge of the project for approximately four years, and the total project cost is 26.5 billion won.
Chiplet technology is a technology that assembles multiple small chips (chiplets) into a single semiconductor package, allowing the configuration of the semiconductor to be changed according to the user's needs.
Supergate believes that the introduction of chiplet technology to on-device AI semiconductors is of great significance in terms of technology, economy, and strategy. This is because it is a significant turning point that simultaneously provides strategic value in terms of business agility, technology independence, and global responsiveness beyond technological advancement.
The Supergate's Host CPU will play a central control role in on-device AI semiconductors. In particular, it is expected to function as a core brain that coordinates the entire system in a chiplet architecture or heterogeneous computing environment.
Shim Seung-pil, CEO of Supergate, said, “Through this national project, we plan to develop an edge-to-cloud host CPU based on Arm’s Neoverse N2 in TSMC’s 5nm process and build a chiplet assembly lineup together with Arm Total Design (ATD) partner, Aegicland (TSMC VCA). In two years, we plan to supply host chips with global competitiveness to the AI semiconductor industry.”
Meanwhile, Supergate is a comprehensive computing company that covers semiconductor chips, hardware, and software, and its technological prowess was recently recognized when it was selected as a rising star of the Global Fabless 30. Recently, it is developing autonomous driving system semiconductors and artificial intelligence accelerators using supercomputer technology transferred from ETRI (Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute).
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