Nvidia officials expressed intent to offer Korea priority supply of next-gen GPUs: vice minister

U.S. tech giant Nvidia officials have expressed their intent to offer Korea priority in supplying its next-generation Vera Rubin graphics processing units (GPUs), a senior Seoul official said Tuesday. Second Vice Science Minister Ryu Je-myung made such a remark in a social media post recalling his recent visit to Nvidia's headquarters in the U.S. after attending the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2026 in Las Vegas. "Nvidia officials pledged early supply of its Blackwell GB300 GPUs, as well as priority supply to Korea of the Vera Rubin series, which is scheduled to enter mass production in 2027," Ryu said. The vice minister said he was personally guided by Madison Huang, the daughter of Nvidia Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Jensen Huang. "As the opportunity to use the latest GPUs ahead of others plays a very important role in competition over AI models, such a promise is meaningful," he added. In October, Nvidia announced a plan to supply up to 260,000 GPUs to Korea in partnership with the government and major companies to build large-scale AI factories in the country. Ryu also shared his eWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times