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Samsung SDS has officially launched its NPUaaS (NPU as a Service) based on domestic NPUs, integrating it into the Samsung Cloud Platform (SCP). / Courtesy of Samsung SDS

Samsung SDS has launched NPUaaS (NPU as a Service) on the Samsung Cloud Platform (SCP), powered by FuriosaAI's second-generation NPU, Renegade. The company plans to provide this service within the Sovereign Cloud environment of SCP, allowing public sector clients bound by strict security regulations to utilize it with peace of mind.

On July 20, Samsung SDS announced the release of NPUaaS on SCP. FuriosaAI's second-generation NPU, Renegade, is a domestic chip specialized for AI inference. It features exceptional power efficiency and cost-effectiveness compared to GPUs in the inference stage, where pre-trained AI models are applied to actual services to generate answers, analyze documents, and classify images.

Customers of NPUaaS can use the service on a subscription basis through SCP without having to purchase NPU servers directly or build them within their own data centers. According to an official from Samsung SDS, businesses can freely select and utilize NPUs in their desired units based on demand and data volume, enabling everyone from startups to large enterprises to scale the service to match their AI requirements.

With the launch of NPUaaS, Samsung SDS is expanding its computational resources to include NPU-based processing alongside its existing GPUaaS offerings. The company views this as a major turning point that will broaden customers' choices in AI infrastructure, accelerate the adoption of domestic NPU-based AI setups, and support the establishment of Sovereign AI.

Lee Ho-june, Executive Vice President and Head of the Cloud Service Business Division at Samsung SDS, stated, "This launch will allow customers to utilize high-performance AI technology with greater flexibility and cost-effectiveness," adding, "We will continue to diversify our SCP-based product offerings to solve customer needs and consistently lead the cloud AI technology ecosystem."

                                                                                                              Choi In-gyu