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South Korea fast-tracks GPU imports, eyes major rollout of domestic chips

By Choonsik Yoo ( December 5, 2025, 06:16 GMT | Insight) -- South Korea is prioritizing the rapid import and deployment of Nvidia GPUs under a five-year plan to secure 260,000 units to bolster national artificial-intelligence capabilities, with a top official saying chip-price fluctuations won’t alter purchase plans. Vice-Minister of Science and ICT Ryu Je-myung also said the government aims to adopt domestically developed NPUs in public-sector and industrial AI projects in 2026 as local chips near full commercialization.Obtaining as many as possible of the planned artificial-intelligence graphics processing units to be purchased from Nvidia and putting them into operation as quickly as possible is a top priority for South Korea, even if prices move in an unexpected or unfavorable direction, a top official said on Friday....

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