SEOUL: Nvidia chief government Jensen Huang is anticipated to go to South Korea subsequent week, a supply accustomed to the matter instructed AFP on Saturday (Might 30), because the nation rides a growth in synthetic intelligence.
The supply in South Korea’s tech trade, who is just not permitted to talk publicly, instructed AFP that Huang is because of arrive on Jun 5 and attend a “key occasion” in Seoul days later.
The chief government of the world’s most useful firm is anticipated to satisfy with firms together with SK Group, Hyundai Motor Group, LG Corp and Naver, to debate so-called “bodily AI” functions resembling robotics, native media together with the Chosun Each day and MBC reported.
His anticipated arrival will come after attending an AI convention in Taipei, native media studies stated.
A Nvidia spokesperson instructed AFP plans to journey to South Korea are “undecided”, with out offering additional element.
It comes as a world synthetic intelligence growth drives sturdy demand for Samsung Electronics and SK hynix reminiscence chips, serving to help South Korea’s financial progress and inventory market rally.
SK hynix – the most important provider of high-bandwidth-memory merchandise to Nvidia – topped US$1 trillion in market worth for the primary time on Wednesday, becoming a member of rivals Samsung Electronics and United States-based Micron Know-how as an AI-driven rally lifted chip shares.
Huang beforehand made headlines after visiting South Korea for the APEC summit within the southern metropolis of Gyeongju final 12 months, the place he introduced Nvidia will provide 260,000 of its most cutting-edge chips to South Korea.
In the course of the go to Huang additionally travelled to Seoul the place he drew crowds of spectators as he indulged in fried Korean hen and beer or “chimaek” with Samsung Chairman Lee Jae-yong and Hyundai Motor Group Govt Chair Chung Eui-sun.
