This is strange.
Samsung should be able to purchase i.e. Vivante and enter the market much faster.
Why create a GPU from the ground up? And who is working on it?
I had heard some time ago that they HAD been working on their own GPU project but burried it and had cancelled more than one SoC project on their past roadmap. No idea if that's what Korean times is refering to and I don't have a clue about their credibility either. Remember there had been also repeating rumors for Apple supposedly developing its own GPU for which some were even sure that it'll definitely occur with A8? Also Fudo isn't exactly the brightest horse in the stable either *cough* Jokes aside I'm just asking in case someone has heard anything substantial in that regard.
The most important question would be why if Samsung bothered with a custom design they haven't started with a CPU based on ARM ISA like everyone else but with a GPU instead hypothetically which isn't exactly easier. To go even further and connect it with the recent patent debacles is of course even more priceless