"Hungry Jensen": K-Semiconductor Forms KRW 1,375 Trillion 'AI Alliance'

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Following this meeting, South Korean companies, including Samsung and SK, along with global big tech firms, have decided to pursue cooperation in the semiconductor sector. The scale of investment reaches approximately 1,300 trillion won in Korean currency. Experts say this once again proves the status of South Korean semiconductors in the global AI market.

Reporter Jung Jun-ho has the details.

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San Francisco gathered leaders who lead the global AI ecosystem.

Their primary focus was undoubtedly the stable supply of South Korean semiconductors.

SK Group is pursuing investment cooperation worth 750 billion dollars, or approximately 1,085 trillion won in Korean currency, with global big tech companies.

Among them, the company agreed to carry out cooperation worth 500 billion dollars with NVIDIA, spanning long-term memory semiconductor supply and overall AI infrastructure.

[Chey Tae-won / Chairman of SK Group: Jensen is always hungry. So every time we meet, he says, "More chips." The AI plan keeps growing larger the more it is touched.]

Samsung Electronics signed a memorandum of understanding worth 200 billion dollars with Broadcom, a custom AI semiconductor design company.

The plan is to stably supply memory for five years until 2030 and actively support the realization of high-performance AI semiconductors by applying advanced foundry technology.

[Lee Jae-yong / Executive Chairman of Samsung Electronics: The AI era cannot be achieved by the strength of any single company or country alone.]

The government explained that the cooperation is a type of long-term purchase agreement, securing definitive advance orders.

Data center construction projects, considered the core of AI infrastructure, will also be significantly expanded.

SK Telecom will embark on building a 2-gigawatt AI data center with NVIDIA, and Naver decided to develop an "AI Factory" handling everything from AI development to learning and operations alongside NVIDIA and global investment firm Brookfield.

Hyundai Motor Group and NVIDIA agreed to jointly build a robot reference platform to develop and verify AI robots.

[Chung Eui-sun / Executive Chair of Hyundai Motor Group: In the near future, South Korea will position itself as the central hub leading the physical AI industry.]

Experts evaluated that this cooperation reconfirms South Korea's irreplaceable position in semiconductors and its advanced manufacturing capabilities within the global AI ecosystem.

The government stated that it will support the implementation of the agreements and concentrate policy capabilities so that South Korea can leap forward as a global AI production base and cooperation platform.

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