Jensen Huang, CEO of NVIDIA, arrived in South Korea on June 5 and immediately visited a PC bang, expressing high regard for the country's gaming culture and esports.
Huang landed at Gimpo Airport around 1 p.m. and headed to the T1 Base Camp PC bang in Hongdae, where he met with League of Legends esports team members, including star player Faker (Lee Sang-hyeok), Doran (Choi Hyun-jun), Owner (Moon Hyun-jun), Phase (Kim Soo-hwan), and Keria (Ryu Min-seok). The T1 Base Camp is operated by the T1 team.
According to T1 officials, the players were pleased to meet Huang despite their busy schedules during the 2026 LoL Champions Korea season.
Fans gathered to welcome Huang, who took time to pose for photos and sign autographs for those at the PC bang.
Huang remarked, "The Korean gaming industry made GeForce a big bang." He expressed gratitude for the growth of NVIDIA alongside the popularity of gaming in Korea and the development of the PC bang culture. He added, "Korea's gaming culture has shaped GeForce into its current position, and that is entirely thanks to Korea."
He also stated, "Korea is the birthplace of esports. Korea created esports and the culture of watching esports." Huang emphasized, "Korea has held a special place in my heart for a long time and is very important to NVIDIA. Thank you for supporting us for so long. We are also your passionate fans."
On this occasion, Huang presented Faker with a signed GeForce RTX 5090 graphics card, which currently trades for over 4 million won. Huang described it as a "one-of-a-kind graphics card" and joked that it could be worth a million dollars.
During the visit, Huang introduced NVIDIA's new PC superchip, the RTX Spark, which can handle complex software stacks like DirectX and OpenGL simultaneously and will support AI agents on PCs in the future. It is currently being developed for laptops, desktops, and workstations, with a planned release this fall.
Huang and Faker also held a fan event, giving away GeForce and RTX Spark exchange vouchers to attendees.
Faker reflected on the meeting, stating, "Graphics cards are very important to gamers. I believe we owe our success as gamers to NVIDIA's graphics cards, making this a very meaningful time."
* This article has been translated by AI.
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