AMD, science ministry team up to set up AI R&D center in Korea

The Ministry of Science and ICT has teamed up with U.S. chip giant AMD to set up an artificial intelligence (AI) research center in Korea, as well as expanding infrastructure for heterogeneous AI computing.

According to the ministry, Monday, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Science and ICT Bae Kyung-hoon and AMD Chair and CEO Lisa Su signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on bilateral cooperation in the AI semiconductor ecosystem during AMD Advancing AI 2026 in San Francisco, Thursday.

Under the MOU, AMD will begin preparations to establish an “AI Center of Excellence” in Korea, which will serve as a collaboration hub supporting technology cooperation among Korean companies, universities and research institutes, AI semiconductor software development, computing technology validation and joint research based on AMD's computing resources and software capabilities.

The two sides also agreed to pursue the development and demonstration of a heterogeneous AI computing infrastructure combining AMD's central processing units (CPUs) and graphics processing units (GPUs) with domestica ...