Nvidia confirms planned supply of GPUs to S. Korea despite Jensen Huang's resignation: science minister

SEOUL, Nov. 13 (Yonhap) -- U. S. tech giant Nvidia Corp. has confirmed its commitment to deploying up to 260,000 graphics processing units (GPUs) in South Korea in partnership with South Korean companies, Seoul's science minister said Friday. In October, Nvidia announced a plan to supply GPUs to South Korea to build large-scale artificial intelligence (AI) factories in the country. In a post on Facebook, Science Minister Bae Kyung-hoon stressed that business cooperation will continue despite Huang's resignation adding that the science ministry has held a meeting with Nvidia on pending issues. The business tie-up plans announced last year involve the South Korean government and major industry leaders, including Samsung Electronics Co., SK Group, Hyundai Motor Group and Naver Cloud Corp., that will each establish their own AI computing centers powered by Nvidia's latest Blackwell GPUs. A GPU is a high-performance semiconductor chip designed to handle many calculations simultaneously and is widely used to train and run AI models. SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won, Nvidia Corp. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Jensen Huang, Naver Chairman Lee Hae-jin and LG Group Chairman Koo Kwang-mo (from L to R) toast during dinner at a restaurant in the Hongdae area, northwestern Seoul, in this file photo taken June 5, 2026. (Pool photo) (Yonhap) sam@yna.co.kr(END)