▲ Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang visits T1 Base Camp in Mapo-gu, Seoul, on June 5.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has highly praised South Korea's gaming culture and its competitiveness in esports.
On the afternoon of June 5, CEO Huang met with the T1 team, including professional gamer Lee "Faker" Sang-hyeok, at a T1 PC cafe near Hongik University Station in Seoul. During the meeting, he stated, "Gaming was the starting point for Nvidia."
He continued, "South Korea is the optimal market for esports," adding, "Korean gamers chose the best graphics processing units (GPUs) to win, and that was Nvidia's GPU."
After speaking with Lee, CEO Huang presented him with a GeForce RTX 5090 signed by himself.
During the visit, CEO Huang also shook hands and took photos with fans who were at the PC cafe.
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