Lisa Su, AMD Chair, to Visit Korea Next Month... Meetings with Kiyoung Bae, Jungwoo Ha, and Domestic NPU Leaders Scheduled

Roundtable with FuriosaAI, Rebellions, and DeepX
Discussions on AI ecosystem cooperation with Upstage and others

Lisa Su, Chair and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of AMD, will visit Korea next month to discuss cooperation on the artificial intelligence (AI) ecosystem with domestic companies.

According to government and information technology (IT) industry sources on September 30, Su is planning to visit Korea on October 8 to attend a roundtable with AI companies. After her previous visit to Korea in March 2026, she will return for the first time in seven months to engage in more concrete discussions on AI semiconductor cooperation.

Lisa Su, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of AMD.

During her visit, meetings are being arranged with the CEOs of leading domestic neural processing unit (NPU) firms such as FuriosaAI, Rebellions, DeepX, and Mobilint. Talks are also underway to arrange meetings with major Korean startups like Upstage. Meetings with Kyunghoon Bae, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Science and ICT, and Ha Jungwoo, Vice Chair of the National Artificial Intelligence Strategy Committee, are also scheduled to take place before and after the roundtable.

Su plans to seek public-private sector cooperation so that Korean companies can reduce their dependence on Nvidia and generate synergy through AMD's AI ecosystem. The intention is to expand AI semiconductor supply chain cooperation by linking AMD's CPUs and GPUs with Korean-made NPUs. Su also aims to work with the government to develop win-win strategies for strengthening global AI competitiveness and promoting AI ecosystem growth. In July 2026, the Ministry of Science and ICT and AMD signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to cooperate in building an AI semiconductor ecosystem.

During the visit, Su is reportedly also arranging meetings with the leaders of major domestic companies such as Samsung Electronics. During her previous visit in March 2026, she met with Lee Jae-yong, Executive Chairman of Samsung Electronics, at Seungjiwon and also held a separate meeting with Young Hyun Jun, President and Head of Device Solutions (DS) Division and Vice Chairman at Samsung Electronics.

An official from an NPU company stated, "We are finalizing the detailed schedule for next month's meeting with Su. This will be part of Su's efforts to strengthen cooperation not only with the government but also with Korean NPU companies and promising startups."

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