Samsung is developing an AI-boosted modem chip to enable Earthbound devices to connect directly with Elon Musk’s Starlink service, according to insider sources talking to the data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.kedglobal.com/korean-chipmakers/newsView/ked202510230006″ target=”_blank” data-url=”https://www.kedglobal.com/korean-chipmakers/newsView/ked202510230006″ referrerpolicy=”no-referrer-when-downgrade” data-hl-processed=”none”>Korean Economic Daily (KED).
Currently, connections between SpaceX’s data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.tomshardware.com/networking/starlink-and-muon-fuse-space-lasers-and-satellites-to-deliver-industry-first-persistent-optical-connectivity-in-orbit-will-enable-25-gbps-data-transfer-at-distances-up-to-4-000km” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.tomshardware.com/networking/starlink-and-muon-fuse-space-lasers-and-satellites-to-deliver-industry-first-persistent-optical-connectivity-in-orbit-will-enable-25-gbps-data-transfer-at-distances-up-to-4-000km”>Starlink hardware and tech on planet Earth are routed via a base station infrastructure. However, the insiders suggest that a Samsung modem with a built-in AI-accelerating NPU could revolutionize direct satellite-to-device connectivity.
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