SK Telecom Introduced as Key NVIDIA Partner at "GTC Taipei"

Showcasing Digital Twin Technology Powered by Omniverse

Jensen Huang, CEO of NVIDIA

On June 1 (local time), SK Telecom announced that it was introduced as a key partner of NVIDIA in the manufacturing physical artificial intelligence (AI) sector during the keynote speech at "GTC Taipei" held in Taiwan. GTC is an AI and GPU conference hosted by NVIDIA, and this year's GTC Taipei was held in conjunction with Computex, a global IT exhibition.

SK Telecom has applied digital twin technology to SK hynix's semiconductor fabs using NVIDIA's Omniverse, optimizing it for complex, large-scale manufacturing environments. Omniverse is NVIDIA's collaboration platform for digital twins and 3D simulation.

The keynote address at GTC Taipei featured SK Telecom’s digital twin technology, highlighting the case where SK Telecom and SK hynix introduced digital twin technology to semiconductor manufacturing sites through NVIDIA Omniverse.

As part of its goal to build an "Autonomous Factory 2030," SK hynix completed a proof-of-concept (PoC) last year with SK Telecom for applying digital twin technology to its semiconductor fabs and plans to commercialize it in phases.

Digital twin technology virtualizes actual factories and equipment in a digital environment, allowing for simulation-based pre-verification of process changes, equipment layout, and other impacts. By testing various scenarios in a virtual setting, it helps reduce trial and error and supports data-driven decision-making, making it a notable physical AI technology.

SK Telecom has developed "agentic digital twin modeling" technology, which leverages NVIDIA’s Agent Toolkit to automate and intelligently process various data—such as equipment and spatial structures—tailored for digital twin environments in manufacturing sites. This enhances the efficiency of data transformation, scene optimization, and performance improvement tasks that occur during the construction and operation of digital twins in manufacturing.

In particular, SK Telecom is advancing its platform by integrating the NVIDIA Omniverse library to improve loading speeds of large-scale 3D scenes, execution performance, and the efficiency of GPU and memory usage.

As a "full-stack" AI provider equipped with AI solutions across the entire spectrum from infrastructure to models and services, SK Telecom plans to expand its business areas for both public and enterprise clients.

Mike Geyer, Head of Industrial Digital Twins at NVIDIA, said, "Semiconductor fabs are among the most challenging manufacturing environments, combining massive 3D data, complex equipment structures, and high optimization demands. SK Telecom has demonstrated a high level of technical capability by applying and validating the NVIDIA Omniverse Agent Toolkit in these real-world industrial settings."

Jo Ikhwan, Head of Physical AI at SK Telecom, commented, "Through collaboration with NVIDIA, SK Telecom has confirmed that manufacturing digital twins can evolve beyond simple 3D visualization into physical AI platforms where AI comprehends and optimizes large-scale 3D data from manufacturing sites. Moving forward, SK Telecom will continue to expand its role as a physical AI technology partner with NVIDIA in the semiconductor industry and other manufacturing sectors."

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