AMD Advances AI Chip, Software and Cloud Infrastructure Cooperation in South Korea
2026-10-07 · 3 min read · AlphaGBM
At a glance
AMD Chair and Chief Executive Su Zifeng met in Seoul on Wednesday with South Korea’s Second Vice Minister of Science Liu Jiming and executives from 13 Korean AI companies. They discussed combining AMD central processing units and graphics processing units with Korean neural processing units designed for AI inference to create systems for global markets. According to the report, the parties intend to run demonstration projects in South Korea to test the systems and develop configurations for overseas deployment, while also exploring integration with AMD’s open-source ROCm software ecosystem. The meeting followed up on a cooperation agreement signed by AMD and South Korea’s science ministry in July this year. Su also reiterated AMD’s plan to establish an AI center of excellence in South Korea by year-end and recruit several hundred researchers. The ministry said AMD would provide hardware, although a location has not been selected. Su additionally highlighted a first cloud infrastructure project with MangoBoost and a recent agreement with Seoul National University’s AI research institute. The report said she also planned to meet Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Quan Yongxuan. Under an earlier cooperation agreement, AMD designated Samsung as a preferred supplier of HBM4 memory for its MI455X AI chip, while the companies also discussed Samsung potentially manufacturing future AMD chips.
Summary
AMD Chair and Chief Executive Su Zifeng met in Seoul on Wednesday with South Korea’s Second Vice Minister of Science Liu Jiming and executives from 13 Korean AI companies. They discussed combining AMD central processing units and graphics processing units with Korean neural processing units designed for AI inference to create systems for global markets. According to the report, the parties intend to run demonstration projects in South Korea to test the systems and develop configurations for overseas deployment, while also exploring integration with AMD’s open-source ROCm software ecosystem. The meeting followed up on a cooperation agreement signed by AMD and South Korea’s science ministry in July this year. Su also reiterated AMD’s plan to establish an AI center of excellence in South Korea by year-end and recruit several hundred researchers. The ministry said AMD would provide hardware, although a location has not been selected. Su additionally highlighted a first cloud infrastructure project with MangoBoost and a recent agreement with Seoul National University’s AI research institute. The report said she also planned to meet Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Quan Yongxuan. Under an earlier cooperation agreement, AMD designated Samsung as a preferred supplier of HBM4 memory for its MI455X AI chip, while the companies also discussed Samsung potentially manufacturing future AMD chips.