Science ministry, Nvidia share view on swiftly setting up research center in Korea

Second Vice Science Minister Ryu Je-myung, right, meets with an official from Nvidia at the U.S. tech giant's headquarters in California, Friday (local time). Courtesy of Ministry of Science and ICT

The science ministry said Sunday it has shared a view with Nvidia on swiftly setting up a research center in Korea.

Second Vice Science Minister Ryu Je-myung met with Jay Puri, executive vice president at Nvidia, in California on Friday (U.S. time), according to the Ministry of Science and ICT.

During the meeting, Ryu and Puri shared a consensus on the need to promptly establish Nvidia's research and development facility in Korea and discussed ways to jointly foster artificial intelligence startups, the ministry said.