SK Chairman Chey Tae-won Visits the US to Strengthen AI Semiconductor Capabilities

Visiting Local AI and Semiconductor Hubs like Silicon Valley
Checking New Technology Trends and Reviewing Business Directions

Chairman Chey Tae-won of SK Group [Photo by Yonhap News]

Choi Tae-won, Chairman of SK Group, is embarking on a business trip to the United States to review the artificial intelligence (AI) and semiconductor markets and explore business opportunities. During his visit to the U.S., Chairman Choi is expected to meet with key figures from major local information technology (IT) companies known as 'Big Tech.' This trip comes about two months after his meeting with Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia, at the company's headquarters in San Jose in April. Accompanying him on this trip are key SK Group executives related to AI and semiconductors, including Yoo Young-sang, President of SK Telecom, and Kim Ju-seon, President of SK Hynix (in charge of AI Infrastructure).

Chairman Choi is anticipated to seek collaboration with global companies based on SK Group's 'AI ecosystem' during this trip. The areas he will visit are not limited to San Jose's 'Silicon Valley,' where many Big Tech companies are concentrated, but will also include various locations across the U.S. where local partner companies are based.

SK Group is fostering a comprehensive ecosystem necessary for AI, 'from semiconductors to services.' SK Hynix is leading the global AI memory market with competitive products essential for implementing AI systems, such as high-bandwidth memory (HBM) for ultra-high-performance AI, high-capacity DDR5 modules optimized for AI server construction, and enterprise SSDs (eSSD).

In the service sector, SK Telecom's generative AI service 'A.Dot' has attracted nearly 4 million subscribers with its differentiated personal assistant features. Meanwhile, SK Group's 'Clean Energy Solution,' which combines the group's energy and resource business capabilities, is gaining attention as a solution for securing clean energy and reducing power consumption needed for data centers.

On the 6th of this month, Chairman Choi met with Wei Zhejia, the new Chairman of TSMC, in Taiwan, emphasizing SK's AI direction focused on 'people' by saying, "Let us build the foundation of AI that benefits humanity together." U.S. Big Tech executives in AI and semiconductors have also recently emphasized AI that contributes to humanity's future, and Chairman Choi is expected to exchange various opinions related to this.

An SK Group official stated, "Following his visits to the U.S. in April and Taiwan in June, Chairman Choi is visiting the U.S. again to build a global network to strengthen competitiveness in AI and semiconductor businesses. He will spare no time or resources to enhance national competitiveness and solidify leadership in the increasingly competitive AI and semiconductor fields."

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