A new strategic move aims to strengthen LG’s position in Artificial Intelligence technologies. The company has expanded its collaboration with Tenstorrent, building on their initial chiplet project to develop SoCs (System-on-Chips) and systems for the global market. In particular, through this partnership LG intends to enhance its design and development capabilities for AI chips tailored to its products and services, aligning with its AI vision of “Affectionate Intelligence”. The Korean company works to advancing AI-driven innovation. And it has a focus on enhancing its AI-powered home appliances and smart home solutions.
The critical role of high-performance AI semiconductors
LG recognizes the critical role of high-performance AI semiconductors in implementing AI technology. It plans to strengthen its in-house capabilities, collaborating with leading global companies, including Tenstorrent, to boost its AI competitiveness.
Tenstorrent is renowned for its ability to design HPC (high-performance computing) semiconductors using its RISC-V IP (Ascalon) and AI IP (Tensix), engineered to scale from milliwatts to megawatts. This delivers high efficiency and performance. In particular, RISC-V is an open-source ISA (instruction set architecture) based on RISC (reduced instruction set computing) principles, allowing for flexible and customizable processor designs.
The areas of collaboration
LG CEO William Cho met with Tenstorrent CEO Jim Keller at the LG Twin Towers in Yeouido (Seoul). And they discuss the strategic collaboration. The two companies explored opportunities to leverage their intellectual properties, design assets and technologies. They aim to create synergies across various business areas including AI home appliances, smart home solutions, future mobility, and video processing solutions for the data center market. Additionally, Tenstorrent and LG are considering the establishment of a long-term internship program as part of their collaboration.
“Tenstorrent is bringing the industry’s best AI and RISC-V technology to this collaboration – said Cho –. We aim to deliver a new customer experience through our unique Affectionate Intelligence, focusing on personalized, caring and attentive solutions that better understand our customers and can provide tangible value”.
The partnership with Tenstorrent further confirms LG’s existing commitment to Artificial Intelligence technologies.
A dedicated SoC R&D center
LG has established a dedicated SoC R&D center. It operates in the design, development and verification of these chips, focusing on advancing high-performance SoCs using the chiplet technology. The system chips used in LG’s key products have all been developed under the leadership of the SoC Center. LG’s proprietary AI chip for home appliances, “DQ-C,” and the “LG α (Alpha) 11 AI Processor” for OLED TVs have strengthened the company’s position in the global AI appliance and premium TV markets.
