AMD CEO Lisa Su is reportedly planning a visit to South Korea next week to meet with key executives from major South Korean conglomerates, according to industry insiders.
The head of the US-based semiconductor giant, Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD), is anticipated to arrive in South Korea as early as next Wednesday. This would mark her first official visit to the country since assuming her role as CEO in 2014.
Sources suggest that Su is scheduled to meet with Choi Soo-yeon, CEO of Naver, South Korea’s leading web portal. A meeting with Samsung Electronics’ Chairman, Lee Jae-yong, is also considered highly probable.
Lisa Su’s visit occurs as AMD intensifies its competition with NVIDIA in the rapidly growing market for artificial intelligence (AI) semiconductors. AMD has been actively forging partnerships with prominent tech companies such as OpenAI and Meta Platforms Inc.
Industry experts speculate that Su will likely discuss with Lee Jae-yong the potential for expanding Samsung’s supply of High Bandwidth Memory (HBM), a critical component used in AI accelerators. Samsung has been a long-standing HBM supplier to AMD.
Samsung recently announced the commencement of mass production of its HBM4, representing the world’s first shipment of this advanced memory chip designed for AI accelerator applications.
