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Hardware · Updated 8 Oct, 09:34 am IST

AMD CEO Lisa Su discusses partnerships with Korean AI chipmakers

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Why it matters for readers: It explains why chip companies are teaming up: to build complete AI systems that include chips, software, and cloud deployment paths.

  • Lisa Su met South Korea's Second Vice Science Minister Ryu Je-myung and executives from 13 Korean AI companies in Seoul to discuss collaboration.1
  • Discussions focused on combining AMD processors (CPUs and GPUs) with Korean neural processing units for AI inference and running demonstration projects in Korea.1
  • Participants explored joining AMD's ROCm open-source software ecosystem as an alternative to Nvidia's CUDA.1
  • The partnerships aim to create system-level AI solutions (chips, software, cloud) that could be deployed overseas and expand AMD's inference offerings.1
  • AMD previously signed a cooperation agreement with South Korea's science ministry in July, and the Seoul talks build on that relationship.1

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