SK, Nvidia form ‘long-term’ partnership for chip design, AI infrastructure

SK Group and Nvidia on Monday announced a “long-term” partnership for artificial intelligence (AI), which includes co-developing chips for AI accelerators and expanding AI infrastructure including semiconductor fabs and data centers. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won said their partnership involves “jointly designing AI road maps,” adding that the cooperation will extend beyond SK hynix's chip supply business to encompass a broader range of SK Group's AI initiatives, including those led by SK Telecom. “Today we're announcing a partnership with SK that has many elements,” Huang said during a media interview at SK Group's headquarters in central Seoul. “We are securing a long-term agreement. We are co-designing our road maps together so that Nvidia's architecture and SK hynix's memory technology can advance together, allowing us to achieve the highest performance and the greatest value for the market.” Chey also said the partnership has evolved from a memory-focused relationship centered on SK hynix into a broader collaboration spanning the rest of