Nam Hyun-woo has worked as a staff writer at The Korea Times since 2013, mostly covering business and politics. He currently belongs to the Business Desk where he covers topics such as emerging tech, AI, ICT and Korea's chaebol community. Prior to joining the team, he was the paper's correspondent for the presidential office of Korea during the Yoon Suk Yeol and Moon Jae-in administrations.
Nvidia CEO expected to meet Samsung, Hyundai chairs in Seoul
Samsung Electronics Executive Chairman Lee Jae-yong, center, Hyundai Motor Group Executive Chair Chung Euisun, right, and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang hold a meeting in Washington, Aug. 25. Yonhap
By Nam Hyun-woo
Samsung Electronics Executive Chairman Lee Jae-yong and Hyundai Motor Group Executive Chair Chung Euisun are expected to meet with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang in Seoul later this week, industry sources said Tuesday.
The highly anticipated meeting is likely to focus on semiconductors, autonomous driving, software-defined vehicles and robotics.
Huang is scheduled to visit Korea to attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO Summit, which kicks off with a reception Tuesday in Gyeongju, North Gyeongsang Province. Lee and Chung are also set to participate in the APEC event.
After the summit, Huang plans to attend a ceremony in Seoul on Thursday marking the 25th anniversary of Nvidia’s GeForce graphics processing unit (GPU) launch in Korea.
In August, the three business leaders also met during the Korea-U.S. Business Roundtable held in Washington, D.C., on the sidelines of the summit between President Lee Jae Myung and U.S. President Donald Trump.
This week’s meeting carries extra significance as Huang and Lee are expected to discuss whether Nvidia will adopt Samsung’s high-bandwidth memory, a key component in Nvidia’s GPUs that power generative artificial intelligence (AI) technologies. Samsung recently passed Nvidia’s qualification tests for its 12-layer HBM3E memory chips, a major milestone in the race to supply advanced AI memory solutions.
On Hyundai’s side, the automotive group signed a strategic partnership with Nvidia in January to accelerate the development of advanced AI technologies for next-generation mobility. Hyundai, which owns robotics firm Boston Dynamics, also plans to leverage Nvidia’s Isaac robotics development platform to advance and safely deploy AI-driven robots.