South Korea to deepen AI partnership with AMD during Lisa Su's Korea visit

South Korea’s Blue House announced that Ha Jung-woo, the presidential secretary for AI Future Planning, will meet AMD CEO Lisa Su on the 19th during Su’s visit to Korea. The talks, arranged as part of Korea’s effort to expand its AI ecosystem, will focus on cooperation with domestic semiconductor firms and the government’s plan to build an AI infrastructure “highway” and nurture the broader AI ecosystem.

The meeting will be attended by Im Moon-yeong, deputy chair of the National AI Strategy Committee, alongside Ha. They are expected to exchange views on Korea’s AI “Three Strong” strategy and discuss how AMD and Korean companies can collaborate on ultra-high-performance computing and AI data centers, as well as AMD’s role in helping Korea secure a stronger global AI position.

Su’s Korea visit spans two days and includes a meeting with Naver CEO Choi Soo-yeon and a dinner with Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Jae-yong, underscoring the cross-cutting links between chipmakers, internet platforms, and device manufacturers in Korea’s tech landscape.

AMD, led by Su since 2014, is visiting Korea for the first time in that role. The company remains the second-largest supplier of AI accelerators after Nvidia and has recently counted OpenAI and Meta among its customers, signaling intense competition with Nvidia in the AI hardware race.

For U.S. audiences, the visit highlights ongoing U.S.-Korea collaboration on critical AI infrastructure, including high-performance computing and data centers that power leading cloud and AI applications. Korea’s push to deepen its semiconductor ecosystem and partnership with AMD could influence global AI compute supply chains and investment in cross-border AI research and development.

The broader context includes Korea’s emphasis on alignments between government policy and industry to scale AI capabilities. The event occurred alongside a Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) anniversary, where Ha had previously delivered the president’s congratulatory remarks at a 60th‑anniversary ceremony, illustrating Korea’s convergence of science, policy, and diplomacy in advancing AI and related technologies.