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Korea Eyes AMD AI Chips for Diversification
23 Mar
Summary
- Upstage is in talks to acquire 10,000 AMD AI accelerators.
- The move aims to diversify South Korea's AI chip supply.
- This discussion occurred during a meeting with AMD's CEO.
South Korean AI firm Upstage is actively exploring the acquisition of 10,000 advanced AI accelerators from Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD). These discussions, involving Upstage CEO Sung Kim and AMD CEO Lisa Su, took place last week in Seoul.
The primary objective behind this potential procurement is to bolster South Korea's AI computing infrastructure. Upstage aims to diversify the nation's access to critical AI hardware, currently dominated by Nvidia.
This initiative signifies a strategic effort to reduce dependence on a single supplier and foster a more competitive AI hardware ecosystem within the country. The inclusion of AMD's MI355 accelerators could mark a significant expansion of available compute resources.
