Samsung has partnered with UC San Francisco’s Neuroscape center on a year-long study called Technology for Aging Health: Digital Approaches (TAH-DA), aimed at understanding what a wearable can reveal about the aging brain. Recruitment began earlier in 2026, with researchers seeking 200 adults from every decade between 40 and 89. Participants receive a Galaxy Watch to wear for twelve months, logging heart rate, ECG readings, blood pressure, blood oxygen, body composition, skin temperature, sleep patterns, and daily activity, along with a Galaxy Tab A9 for cognitive assessments and digital training games. Some participants are in an intervention group, others in a control group, with testing at baseline, after the training phase, and nine months out. Separately, Samsung is developing GAIA, a dedicated Neural Processing Unit (NPU)-based AI accelerator for PCs, built on a 4nm process with a memory-centric architecture. The chip is reportedly being tested by PC makers including Lenovo and HP, and Samsung has begun supplying GAIA samples to them. Samsung’s System LSI Business is developing the chip as a generative AI accelerator for AI-powered PCs, with future integration planned for its Processing-in-Memory (PIM) technology.