Nvidia Partners with South Korean Government, Companies
Nvidia, a chip manufacturer from Silicon Valley, intends to provide hundreds of thousands of its graphics processing units for initiatives with South Korean companies and the government to enhance the nation's artificial intelligence infrastructure and technologies.
The initiative was revealed on Friday by the government, Nvidia, and several major South Korean firms, such as chip manufacturers Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix, and automotive leader Hyundai Motor, following President Lee Jae Myung's meeting with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang.
Since arriving in South Korea on Thursday for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum meetings in Gyeongju, Huang has received a rockstar welcome similar to that of Apple's Steve Jobs. In its role as APEC host, South Korea is seizing the opportunity of the leaders' meeting to highlight its aspirations in AI.
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Lee's office and the companies have stated that Nvidia will provide approximately 260,000 GPUs to enhance South Korea's AI computing and manufacturing abilities.
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Approximately 50,000 of the GPUs will be allocated to assist a government initiative aimed at establishing a national AI cloud computing center, while Nvidia will supply an equal number of GPUs to both Samsung and SK to improve their manufacturing operations with AI and expedite the advancement of cutting-edge semiconductors.
Hyundai and Nvidia announced their intent to work together on creating technologies for self-driving vehicles, intelligent manufacturing, and robotics, utilizing 50,000 of Nvidia's state-of-the-art Blackwell GPUs for this initiative.
Nvidia, based in Santa Clara and known for its GPU chips that drive a significant portion of the global AI sector, was highlighted during discussions on Thursday between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping in Gyeongju, where both leaders consented to take measures to reduce their intensifying trade conflict.
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After the meeting, Trump stated that he talked about the sale of computer chips to China. Trump and ex-President Joe Biden have placed limitations on China's access to the most sophisticated chips, including those utilized for AI. Trump mentioned that China will discuss buying chips from Nvidia, but not the company's newest Blackwell AI chips.