Samsung Electronics has announced that the company is working with Nvidia to advance AI-RAN technologies. This endeavor aims to support adoption of AI in mobile networks by expanding the ecosystem of Central Processing Unit (CPU) and bolstering partnerships with Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) companies.

To maximise and bring the power of AI into Radio Access Networks (RAN), Samsung has made significant technological progress leveraging its in-house AI and radio expertise since the beginning of 2024. One of the milestones achieved was the interoperability between Samsung’s O-RAN compliant virtualised RAN (vRAN) and Nvidia’s accelerated computing, which took place in Samsung Research’s lab late last year. Samsung has successfully demonstrated a proof-of-concept to verify how Nvidia’s accelerated computing can be seamlessly integrated into software-based networks to help enhance AI capabilities.

This achievement further solidifies Samsung’s strides in moving ahead with its unique innovation of combining AI and RAN. With the baseline, Samsung can seamlessly deliver AI-RAN by integrating its vRAN (virtualised Distributed Unit, vDU) with Nvidia’s accelerated computing into a commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) server where Samsung’s vRAN software is installed.

In addition, the companies will continue to explore the best-of-breed combinations of AI-RAN options leveraging Samsung vRAN with Nvidia’s Grace CPU and/or GPU based AI platform using Compute Unified Device Architecture (CUDA) technologies.

At Mobile World Congress 2025, Samsung presented its leadership in AI-For-RAN innovations, as exemplified through two AI-RAN demonstrations, endorsed by the AI-RAN Alliance and developed in collaboration with various members including Nvidia. The demonstrations included AI-based physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) estimation and non-uniform modulation, showing a glimpse in innovative ways to infuse AI into mobile networks.

“While AI is reshaping the telecommunications landscape, Samsung is helping operators to build the right network architecture and environment where AI can thrive, all powered by our proven and AI-powered vRAN,” said June Moon, Executive Vice President, Head of R&D, Networks Business at Samsung Electronics. “This collaboration with Nvidia signifies our continued efforts to expand GPU and CPU ecosystem, and we look forward to exploring more possibilities in the future.”

“AI-RAN is a critical technology that delivers transformative gains in network utilisation, efficiency and performance, while enabling new AI services,” added Ronnie Vasishta, Senior Vice President for Telecom at Nvidia. “Samsung is a frontrunner in AI-RAN development. Their vRAN expertise and software integrated with the Nvidia’s AI accelerated computing will accelerate the path to AI-native wireless networks.”

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