Ryu Je-myung, the second vice minister of science and technology information and communication, who ..

Ryu Je-myung, the second vice minister of science and technology information and communication, who returned dwelling after visiting “CES 2026, the world’s largest information technology (IT) exhibition, met with Nvidia there and said he was confirmed about the plan to supply “Vera Rubin,” a next-generation GPU, to Korea first.

In a Facebook post on the 13th, Vice Minister Ryu shared his impressions of CES 2026, which recently ended in Las Vegas, USA, and said, “We will push for early provide of GB300 from Nvidia to Korea and precedence provide of Vera Rubin, which is deliberate to mass-produce in 2027.”

Vera Rubin GPU is a next-generation GPU unveiled by CEO Jensen Huang in his CES 2026 keynote speech, and is the next model of Blackwell’s current generation GPU. Vice Minister Ryu explained, “It is significant that the newest GPU can be utilized first as a result of it’s enjoying an important function in AI mannequin competitors.”

Vice Minister Liu visited the Nvidia booth at CES 2026 and met with Madison Huang, daughter of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, and also visited Nvidia’s headquarters in Santa Clara to meet with Nvidia Senior Vice President Jay Fury to share the progress of cooperation.

In this regard, Vice Minister Ryu said, “Medison Hwang immediately guided us throughout the sales space go to and emphasised that CEO Jensen Hwang considers partnership with Korea crucial,” adding, “We confirmed that CEO Jensen Hwang can also be taking care of the institution of Nvidia Research Institute in Korea.”

“NVIDIA’s choice to determine a bodily AI-related analysis institute in Korea is that Nvidia values Korea in the period of bodily AI,” he added.

Referring to “Alpha Mayo,” an AI model for autonomous vehicles unveiled by Nvidia, Vice Minister Ryu said, “The improvement of applied sciences surrounding bodily AI comparable to bodily AI basis fashions, associated semiconductor competitors, autonomous autos and humanoid robots appears to be progressing quickly.”

In terms of self-driving car technology, he compared the U.S. and Korea, where self-driving cars have already been commercialized, and expressed regret over the situation in Korea.

Referring to his experience of test-driving Amazon’s self-driving cars “Juks” and Google’s “Waymo,” Vice Minister Ryu said, “Even although the driver’s seat was empty, I felt that he was driving higher than people in the precise street atmosphere. I felt sorry for the story that Hyundai Motor was testing in the U.S. resulting from home laws, and I felt determined that Korea would fall behind or be eradicated in the period of self-driving automobiles.”