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South Korea says Nvidia will keep GPU pledges after Huang's resignation

Reuters

SEOUL, Nov ‌13 (Reuters) - South Korea's Science and ICT Minister Bae ​Kyung-hoon ‌said on Friday that Nvidia ‌had confirmed it would go ahead with ‌its previously announced pledge to supply 260,000 advanced graphics processing units (GPUs) to South ⁠Korea.

The commitment stands despite ‌the resignation of ⁠Nvidia Chief Executive Jensen Huang, ​Bae said in a post on X.

The ​260,000-GPU agreement was reached ​last ‌year at Asia Pacific Economic ​Cooperation meetings when ⁠Huang visited South ‌Korea.

Bae said ​Nvidia and ​South Korea would also continue to work on several joint projects, including linking ‌Korean-made AI chips with Nvidia's platform, building AI ‌computing ​infrastructure and joint research and talent development in physical AI.

(Reporting by Joyce Lee; ‌Editing by Emelia Sithole-Matarise)