In early trading on the 17th, Korea's large-cap semiconductor stocks Samsung Electronics and SK hynix were strong. Overnight, investor sentiment appeared to flock after Jensen Huang, Nvidia's chief executive officer (CEO), unveiled a new artificial intelligence (AI) chip at "GTC 2026."
As of 9:23 a.m. that day, in the Korea Exchange, Samsung Electronics was trading at 195,900 won, up 7,300 won (3.87%) from the previous session.
At the same time, SK hynix was also trading at 991,000 won, up 17,000 won (1.75%) from the previous session. It briefly jumped 3% at the open, reclaiming the "100-man-nix."
The improvement in investor sentiment appears to stem from Jensen Huang unveiling the new inference AI chip "Groq 3 language processing unit (LPU)" at "GTC 2026," the annual developer conference underway in California.
In particular, Huang said that Samsung Electronics is in charge of producing Groq 3, adding, "Shipments will begin around the third quarter of this year. We are really grateful to Samsung."