By @SiliconANGLE
Publication Date: 2026-06-08 01:30:00
Artificial intelligence chipmaker Nvidia Corp. today announced a slate of new partnerships with some of South Korea’s biggest technology, including the memory chip supplier SK Hynix Inc., internet giant Naver Corp. and the multinational conglomerate Doosan Group.
The deals came during a high-profile trip by Nvidia Chief Executive Jensen Huang to the country. He arrived on Friday, and has spent the weekend eating fried chicken with some of South Korea’s most renowned corporate leaders, meeting a well-known eSports video gamer and watching a local baseball game where he had the honor of throwing a pitch.
SK Hynix said it has signed a multiyear technology partnership with Nvidia that’s focused on advancing the next-generation of memory chips for use in massive AI data centers. As part of the agreement, it will work with Nvidia to ensure a stable supply of advanced memory for the AI industry. In addition, it will also try to expand its presence into adjacent segments of the AI industry, such as personal AI and physical AI, which is a term that’s used to describe intelligent, autonomous robots and vehicles.
Huang said in a statement that a sustainable supply of memory is essential for building “AI factories” that will power the new AI-led industrial revolution. “Advanced memory is at the core of their performance,” he explained. “By jointly developing next-generation memory for AI factories, we will accelerate the expansion of global AI infrastructure,…
