Samsung Electronics' Device Experience (DX) Division has launched a major digital twin initiative, deploying 517 high-performance computing (HPC) servers at its Sangam Data Center. The new system marks a key milestone in the company's AI-driven transformation, or AX, by linking product development and manufacturing.
The newly established HPC cluster, built with high-performance CPU-based servers, went live in June for engineering teams in the hardware and circuitry departments. Samsung said the upgraded system boosts computational speed by about 5.8 times and increases virtual verification capacity sixfold compared with legacy systems. It allows engineers to replace time-consuming physical durability tests with faster digital simulations. By operating the infrastructure internally, Samsung has also strengthened security for proprietary assets such as design blueprints and validation data.
A digital twin is a virtual replica of a physical product or system that can be used to run complex simulation scenarios. Global tech companies are increasingly adopting the technology because it can shorten development cycles, reduce costs, prevent engineering errors, and improve collaboration across teams.
The benefits of the high-capacity computing infrastructure are especially clear in the sharp reduction in validation timelines and the expansion of test coverage. For example, TV drop-test simulations will fall from 15 days to two, while washing machine drop tests will be reduced from 15 days to five. Smartphone multi-angle drop tests, which were previously impossible to fully carry out due to physical constraints, can now be simulated in 700 different scenarios in a single day.
Samsung plans to apply these capabilities across its product lineup. The Mobile eXperience (MX) Division will use the cluster for smartphone drop simulations, the Visual Display (VD) Division for TV thermal analysis, the Digital Appliances Division for washing machine durability testing and robot vacuum collision tracking, and the Network Business for radio unit (RU) thermal management. The system effectively virtualizes pre-verification workflows across Samsung's consumer electronics businesses.
The deployment is part of Samsung's broader plan to transition its domestic and overseas manufacturing sites into fully autonomous, AI-driven factories by 2030. Under this AX framework, HPC services will support the digital twin model during the R&D phase, while autonomous smart factories will handle production, optimizing the product lifecycle from design to assembly.
“This HPC infrastructure will help embed digital twins into everyday engineering workflows,” Samsung said. “As the system accumulates more simulation data, its predictive accuracy and scope will continue to expand.”
