Science ministry, AMD hold 1st steering meeting on AI chip partnership

The science ministry and U.S. chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) held the first steering committee meeting of their artificial intelligence (AI) chip partnership on Wednesday. AMD also hosted its flagship AI event in Korea for the first time. The meeting was held at the Westin Seoul Parnas hotel during AMD Advancing AI World Tour Seoul 2026, the Ministry of Science and ICT said. The two sides set up the committee to check, on a regular basis, how the memorandum of understanding (MOU) they signed in July is being carried out. Lee Do-gyu, head of the ministry’s Office of ICT Policy, met with Keith Strier, AMD’s senior vice president for global AI markets. They reviewed progress on the deal’s key tasks. One is building AI computing infrastructure that combines different kinds of chips: AMD’s processors and graphics chips together with Korean-made neural processing units, which are chips designed specifically for AI work. Other tasks include an AMD AI research center in Korea, support for universities and training for AI talent. The two also discussed concrete plans and timelin