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AMD CEO Lisa Su to Visit South Korea Next Week for Talks With Samsung and Naver

The trip seeks to secure high-bandwidth memory supplies to deepen cooperation on data-center AI.

Overview

  • Reuters, citing the Maeil Business Newspaper, reports Su plans to meet Samsung Electronics Chairman Jay Y. Lee to discuss HBM supply, while Samsung declined to comment.
  • Naver confirmed a meeting between CEO Choi Soo-yeon and AMD, with the agenda undisclosed.
  • The visit is expected around March 18 and would be Su’s first trip to South Korea since 2014, according to Yonhap.
  • Reported discussion topics include expanding semiconductor supplies for data centers, building sovereign AI infrastructure, and collaborating on next-generation computing technologies.
  • Samsung said last month it began mass producing HBM4, adding advanced memory capacity as demand for AI accelerators accelerates.