Samsung is a large Korean conglomerate focusing on electronics, displays (both LCDs and OLEDs) and semiconductors. Samsung is a leading memory producer and is researching several next-generation memory technologies, including RRAM and MRAM.

Samsung collaborates with several companies on STT-MRAM technologies, including Hynix and IBM.In April 2016 Samsung's semiconductor unit manager said that Samsung will be ready with MRAM chips soon.

In 2011 Samsung acquired Grandis, an STT-MRAM technology developer. In September 2017 it was reported that Samsung is set to start mass producing 28nm embedded MRAM.