SEOUL, Oct. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Nvidia Corp. said on Friday that it plans to deploy up to 260,000 of its latest graphics processing units, or GPUs, across South Korea in partnership with the government and several of the country’s largest conglomerates — a sweeping initiative aimed at turning the nation into one of the world’s [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — SK hynix reported the highest quarterly profit in its history, buoyed by surging global demand for high-bandwidth memory (HBM) chips that power artificial intelligence systems, becoming only the second South Korean company after Samsung Electronics to surpass 10 trillion won ($7.1 billion) in quarterly operating profit. The world’s second-largest memory [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Nvidia, the world’s largest maker of artificial intelligence chips, is set to sign a series of large-scale supply agreements with South Korea’s leading corporations this week, a move that aligns with Seoul’s ambitions to become one of the world’s top three AI powers and the company’s efforts to diversify [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The recent arrest of a Korean couple accused of orchestrating a multimillion-dollar fraud ring in Cambodia has thrown new light on a crime many still struggle to take seriously: romance scams. While some ask how anyone could fall for a stranger online, advances in artificial intelligence and increasingly sophisticated psychological [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Pusan National University (PNU) said Thursday it will become the first university in South Korea to introduce artificial intelligence–powered smart glasses designed for real-time translation and communication across multiple languages. The AI Translation Glasses are being rolled out as part of the university’s “AX Transformation Project,” which explores how advanced [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Krafton Inc., the South Korean game developer behind PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG), announced Thursday that it will invest 100 billion won (about US$72 million) to build a high-performance GPU cluster as part of its transformation into an “AI-first” company. The company unveiled its new long-term vision during an internal town hall [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — OpenAI unveiled an ambitious blueprint for its expansion into South Korea on Wednesday, calling for a dual-track strategy that combines the development of “sovereign AI” infrastructure with deeper international collaboration. The plan marks the company’s clearest signal yet that it views South Korea as a pivotal partner in the global [...]
MUAN, South Korea, Oct. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — On the reclaimed coastline of South Jeolla Province, an ambitious experiment in urban design is quietly taking shape. The corporate city of Solasido — a blend of solar, sea, and do (province) — is emerging as South Korea’s latest bid to merge renewable energy with artificial intelligence, drawing [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – In a glass-lit exhibition hall in southern Seoul, the quiet hum of competition filled the air. Two of South Korea’s tech titans—Samsung Electronics and SK hynix—unveiled their newest weapons in the global race to power artificial intelligence: the sixth generation of high bandwidth memory chips, or HBM4. The debut [...]
MUAN, Oct. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — In a country racing to secure its place in the global artificial intelligence arms race, South Jeolla Province has quietly become a surprising frontrunner. Backed by abundant renewable energy and vast land resources, the region is drawing some of the world’s biggest technology investments—including the government’s next national AI computing [...]