South Korea and AMD Advance AI Chip Cooperation, Exploring Synergy Between GPUs and Domestic NPUs

According to Yonhap News Agency, South Korea's Ministry of Science and ICT held an operational committee for its Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with AMD on November 4 in Seoul to review the implementation status of the agreement signed by both parties this July. During the meeting, Lee Do-gyu, director of the Information and Communications Policy Office at the ministry, and Keith Strier, Senior Vice President of Global AI Markets at AMD, along with other attendees, discussed proposals to integrate AMD's CPUs and GPUs with domestically produced Korean NPUs to build heterogeneous AI computing infrastructure. Both sides also reviewed the progress of initiatives such as the establishment of an AMD AI research center, support for universities, and AI talent development programs, and discussed specific implementation plans and subsequent timelines.