“Jensen Huang Steps Down, No Disruption to Korea’s GPU Supply”... Ministry of Science and ICT Conducts Emergency Review

[Financial News] The government has officially confirmed that there will be no disruption to South Korea’s efforts to secure GPUs, even after the abrupt resignation of NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang, who had cultivated close ties with Korean companies and the government and pledged to supply 260,000 graphics processing units (GPUs).
The Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT) said it had held an emergency meeting on the morning of the 13th, chaired by Second Vice Minister Ryu Jemyoung, to review the domestic supply and demand situation for GPUs following the replacement of NVIDIA’s CEO and assess the impact on the large-scale GPU supply and AI cooperation projects the government has been pursuing with NVIDIA.

An MSIT official explained, “We spoke directly with the head of NVIDIA Korea and confirmed that there was no problem with GPU supply. We were told that cooperation with Korea, including the provision of 260,000 GPUs, was being carried out at the company level, not by any specific individual, and would continue without disruption.”
The official added, “The government’s GPU procurement is also proceeding as planned through private cloud service providers (CSPs),” and emphasized, “We will continue to monitor the situation to ensure there are no obstacles to securing advanced GPUs for the public and private sectors.”
Since controversy over CEO Huang’s personal life emerged, the government has maintained regular communication with NVIDIA Korea and checked for changes to its plans to introduce GPUs domestically. This time, with CEO Huang having actually stepped away from active management, the government reconfirmed NVIDIA’s intention to maintain cooperation.
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