Samsung announced its acquisition of US cloud computing company , Joyent , in a bid to boost its core smartphone services with artificial intelligence ( AI ) and virtual reality ( VR ) . Traditionally , Samsung has relied heavily on Microsoft and Amazon applications for processing power , however , Injong Rhee , developer of Samsung ’s mobile apps , explained that apps need to be moved to a cloud platform because mobile services struggle to handle the big data requirements for AI and applications . Samsung could also use the cloud to store data and create personalised feeds for its customers .
Samsung announced its acquisition of US cloud computing company, Joyent, in a bid to boost its core smartphone services with artificial intelligence (AI) and virtual reality (VR). Traditionally, Samsung has relied heavily on Microsoft and Amazon applications for processing power, however, Injong Rhee, CTO of Samsung’s mobile division, explained that services need to be moved to a cloud platform because mobile services struggle to handle the big data required for AI and VR. Samsung could also use the cloud to analyse data and create personalised feeds for its customers.