[Edaily Reporter Kim So-yeon] Jensen Huang, CEO of NVIDIA, who is currently visiting South Korea, is scheduled to meet with Jeon Young-hyun, CEO of Samsung Electronics and Head of the Device Solutions (DS) Division (Vice Chairman), on the 8th. CEO Huang also revealed that he met with Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Jae-yong in the United States a few weeks ago.

On the 7th, in front of the Samsung branch of Ganbu Chicken in Gangnam-gu, Seoul, where he had met with SK Group Chairman Choi Tae-won, CEO Huang responded to reporters’ questions about his plans to meet with Vice Chairman Jeon by saying, “I am looking forward to meeting him tomorrow.” It is reported that the venue for the meeting with Division Head Jeon is being finalized for the evening of the 8th at the Shilla Hotel in Jung-gu, Seoul.

CEO Huang also revealed that he had met separately with Chairman Lee, who is currently on a business trip abroad, in the United States. When asked if he would meet with Chairman Lee again, he said, “He came to see me in California a few weeks ago, and we had a wonderful dinner together.” Chairman Lee will not be meeting with CEO Huang separately during his current visit to South Korea.

Former Vice Chairman Jeon and CEO Hwang are expected to discuss memory supply, including High Bandwidth Memory (HBM). CEO Hwang previously mentioned supply chain coordination when explaining the reason for his visit to South Korea. Upon his arrival on the 5th, he explained, “The main purpose is supply chain coordination,” adding, “This is because we need to produce massive amounts of HBM memory and AI chips.” CEO Huang explained, “The ‘Grace Blackwell’ system is operating smoothly, and ‘Vera Rubin’ has entered full-scale mass production,” adding, “We will be very busy in the second half of the year.”

CEO Hwang has emphasized the need for more HBM. Currently, Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix are supplying various memory products, including HBM4, to NVIDIA.

Later that day, as the final item on his schedule following his meeting with the former vice chairman, CEO Hwang is scheduled to attend the “Korea AI Ecosystem Reception” held at the Shilla Hotel in Jung-gu, Seoul, where he will meet with domestic AI and robotics companies. Participants in this event include Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix, SK Telecom, Hyundai Motor Group, LG Electronics, Naver, Krafton, Upstage, and Doosan Robotics.