Ruling Party's Im Moonyoung to AMD Senior VP: "Gwangju Is the Ideal Site for an AI Research Center"

Highlights NPU Data Center, GIST and More
Follow-Up to Last Month's Proposal

On November 3, Assemblyman Im Moonyoung of the Democratic Party of Korea met with Keith Strier, senior vice president at AMD, at the National Assembly Members' Office Building to discuss plans to establish an artificial intelligence (AI) research center in Gwangju.

In a presentation, Assemblyman Im explained that Gwangju was the ideal location for an AMD AI research center. On his social media, he said, "Gwangju has a data center dedicated to neural processing units (NPUs), many excellent universities, including the Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), Chonnam National University, Chosun University and the Korea Institute of Energy Technology (KENTECH), as well as the AI Industry Convergence Agency (AICA)."

Im Moonyoung, a Democratic Party of Korea lawmaker (right), and Keith Strier, AMD senior vice president.

He also cited as key competitive advantages for attracting the center to Gwangju the 896 trillion won in semiconductor investments by Samsung Electronics and SK hynix, with mass production targeted for June 2030; the region's optical industry base, which can support next-generation co-packaged optics (CPO) technology; and its accessibility from the Seoul metropolitan area. He stressed that by harnessing the abundant renewable energy in Honam, Gwangju could become an ideal hub for AMD's RE100 demonstration project and the development of next-generation semiconductor technologies.

The meeting was a follow-up to Assemblyman Im's proposal last month to AMD Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Lisa Su to establish an AI research center in Gwangju. Senior Vice President Strier paid a courtesy visit to Assemblyman Im with a gift from Lisa Su.

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