AMD to establish AI research center in Korea this year, hire hundreds

AMD, the U.S. chip giant, has announced plans to establish an artificial intelligence (AI) research center in Korea by the end of this year, according to The Korea Times. The center will hire hundreds of researchers as part of broader AI cooperation between AMD and Korea. This announcement was made during a meeting between AMD CEO Lisa Su and Second Vice Minister of Science and ICT Ryu Je-myung in Seoul.

AMD also plans to assist in developing graduate-level AI and AI transformation talent, as well as collaborate on a reference model for heterogeneous AI computing. This model would combine AMD's CPUs and GPUs with domestically developed neural processing units (NPUs). The meeting served as an interim review of AI cooperation agreed upon between the ministry and AMD during President Lee Jae Myung's attendance at the San Francisco AI Summit in July.

Additionally, AMD outlined plans to work with Korea's private sector to create new business opportunities, including a roundtable discussion with 13 Korean companies involved in AI infrastructure.

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