ADTechnology, a domestic semiconductor design house corporation, announced on the 5th that it has formed a partnership with the German fabless semiconductor corporation Ubitium to jointly develop Ubitium's UB410 microprocessor.
The UB410 is a next-generation universal microprocessor that replaces various processors like existing central processing units (CPUs) with a unified computing architecture. The UB410 developed by Ubitium processes tasks previously handled by specialized processors through a flexible processor without separate chips and provides a single platform that supports artificial intelligence (AI), signal processing, and general workloads.
According to this agreement, ADTechnology will serve as the core design partner, responsible for back-end design and coordinating the advanced manufacturing process of FinFET in partnership with Samsung Foundry. The prototype tape-out is scheduled for the second half of 2025, with mass production targeted for next year.
Park Jun-kyu, CEO of ADTechnology, said, "I am pleased to participate in Ubitium's innovative processor project," adding, "As the largest design house corporation in Korea, we will ensure a smooth process from RTL to manufacturing based on our expertise in system-on-chip (SoC) implementation."
Song Tae-jung, vice president of Foundry Technology Planning at Samsung Electronic, noted, "We are pleased that an innovative company like Ubitium is utilizing Samsung Foundry's competitive FinFET technology through a reliable partner like ADTechnology," and expressed hopes for supporting the development of next-generation processors for on-device AI.
As computing increasingly shifts toward the edge, the UB410 offers the performance, flexibility, and ease needed to drive next-generation intelligent devices, such as robots, autonomous systems, factory automation, audio devices, and smart appliances.