AMD CEO Lisa Su visits Korea; plans local AI CoE, research hiring and infrastructure pairing AMD CPUs/GPUs with Korean NPUs (report)

What happened

According to Korea's Ministry of Science and ICT and media reports, AMD CEO Lisa Su returned to Korea on October 7, seven months after her March visit. In Seoul she met 13 startups in semiconductors, software, memory and storage, networking, cloud and AI models. The list of partners has widened from the three NPU fabless companies initially mentioned (FuriosaAI, DeepX and Mobilint) to include HyperAccel, MangoBoost, Panmnesia, Dnotitia, Moreh, Nota AI, Lablup, FADU, Elice Group and Upstage. According to Bloter, the two sides plan to develop 'heterogeneous computing infrastructure' combining AMD CPUs and GPUs with Korean NPUs into a standard model for the global market, and to set up an AI research center in Korea, the 'AI Center of Excellence (CoE)', hiring several hundred researchers.

Why it matters

If a global GPU maker pursues heterogeneous infrastructure with Korean NPUs and a local research hub, Korean AI chip startups could gain a route into overseas markets and opportunities to integrate with its software ecosystem.

Sources

• Press AMD 리사 수 방한…한국에 'AI 연구센터' 세우고 수백명 채용한다 Bloter
• Press 리사 수 CEO "韓 AI 협력, NPU 등 생태계 전반으로 확대" ZDNet Korea

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