The Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT) is set to meet with Lisa Su, the Chair and CEO of AMD, on October 7. During this meeting, Su will engage with representatives from key domestic artificial intelligence (AI) semiconductor companies to discuss strategies for global expansion.
The MSIT explained that this meeting is a follow-up to the memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed with AMD in July, which was part of President Lee Jae-myung's achievements at the AI summit in San Francisco.
On this day, Deputy Minister Ryu Je-myung will review the progress of MOU collaboration projects with Su and discuss the establishment of an AMD AI Research Center (CoE) by the end of the year, as well as the training of graduate talent in the field of AI transformation (AX).
Ryu emphasized the importance of collaboration with AMD, noting that the focus of global AI infrastructure development is shifting from individual semiconductor products to system and platform units.
Efforts will be made to build heterogeneous computing infrastructure that combines AMD's central processing units (CPUs) and graphics processing units (GPUs) with domestic AI semiconductors, aiming to develop a reference model that can be utilized in the global market.
The meeting organized by the MSIT will allow domestic AI semiconductor and ecosystem companies to discuss potential collaborations with AMD's top executives.
Thirteen companies, including Upstage and FuriosaAI, will participate. These companies will share their insights with Su regarding the integration of AMD's CPUs and GPUs with domestic AI semiconductors, participation in AMD's open software ecosystem, including its AI and high-performance computing software platform ROCm, and strategies for entering the global market.
Lisa Su will emphasize that South Korea is an important partner for AMD and will seek new collaboration opportunities with outstanding domestic companies.
The MSIT plans to carefully review the collaboration proposals and suggestions presented by domestic companies during the meeting and develop them into specific projects linked to the MOU follow-up.
Ryu stated, "The most important role of the government is to create a platform where good companies and technologies can meet. I hope this meeting will mark a step forward in combining AMD's global capabilities with our companies' technological strengths, leading to further growth in the domestic AI semiconductor ecosystem."
* This article has been translated by AI.
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