Friday, October 31, 2025

"Nvidia to supply more than 260,000 Blackwell AI chips to South Korea"

At $30,000 to $40.000 for the individual B200 chips or $60,000 to $70,000 for the B200-times-2-plus-a-CPU combo GB200 superchip, Mr. Huang may want to consider a career in sales.

From Reuters, October 30:

U.S. semiconductor leader Nvidia (NVDA.O), opens new tab on Friday said it will supply more than 260,000 of its most advanced AI chips to South Korea's government and some of the country's biggest businesses, including Samsung Electronics (005930.KS).

The deal is the latest for a company at the core of a global race to integrate artificial intelligence into products and services, adding to a flurry of deals it is striking worldwide that helped it on Wednesday become the first $5 trillion firm. 

For Korea, the deal will put the country on track to become a regional AI hub after President Lee Jae Myung, who took office on June 4, prioritised AI investment to spur growth at a time when U.S. tariffs have clouded the broader economic outlook.
 
"Just as Korea's physical factories have inspired the world with sophisticated ships, cars, chips and electronics, the nation can now produce intelligence as a new export that will drive global transformation," Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said in a statement, disclosing neither deal value nor supply schedule.
 
The announcement followed a meeting between Huang, Lee and the leaders of Samsung, SK Group and Hyundai Motor Group on the sidelines of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in the southeastern Korean city of Gyeongju.
 
Nvidia's deepening ties with Korea, home to semiconductor and automotive majors, come as the chip firm grapples with the fallout of a Sino-U.S. trade war that Huang said this month has slashed its share of China's advanced AI chip market....
....MUCH MORE 

Earlier -  "Samsung building facility with 50,000 Nvidia GPUs to automate chip manufacturing"