Korean AI Semiconductor Patent Surges Tenfold in Four Years

According to the South Korean Intellectual Property Office, according to the Korean Intellectual Property Office, there were 391 semiconductor patents for AI in 2017, 32 for 2013, and more than ten times for the last four years. The speed has been increasing year by year. There were 59 cases in 2014, growing in 2015. Between 30 and 77, the number doubled to 167 in 2016.

For further classification, the vast majority of new patents belong to non-memory semiconductors, with a proportion close to 80% (79%). Among them, 42% are used in machine learning. For example, the new generation AI chips have human-like neural structures, and related applications have mushroomed.

Amy Webb, founder of Future Today Institute, pointed out in the just-released annual science and technology trend report that AI development is like a modern military and military competition. With 730 million Internet users and China’s support for national resources, China is expected to become the world’s top power.

The report stated that in 2018, the recognition technology, AI assistants, and the use of AI-specific chips were popularized, and the smart phones were forecasted to be near the end of the day, replaced by smart watches, smart glasses, and other wearable devices.