SK Telecom said on the 1st that it was introduced as a key partner in manufacturing and physical AI during Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's GTC Taipei keynote in Taiwan. SK Telecom's Digital Twin technology was revealed in the keynote video that day. SK Telecom was recognized as a major Nvidia partner in manufacturing physical AI.
SK Telecom said it applied a Digital Twin to an SK hynix semiconductor fab using Nvidia Omniverse and optimized it for complex, large-scale manufacturing environments. Omniverse is Nvidia's collaboration platform for Digital Twins and 3D simulation.
GTC (GPU Technology Conference) is an artificial intelligence (AI) and GPU conference hosted by Nvidia. GTC Taipei was held in conjunction with the global IT exhibition Computex.
As part of its goal to build an Autonomous Fab 2030, SK hynix last year completed a proof of concept (PoC) with SK Telecom to apply a Digital Twin to its semiconductor fab and plans to commercialize it step by step.
A Digital Twin is a technology that implements real factories and equipment in a virtual space and verifies in advance, through simulation, the impact of process changes, equipment layout, and more. Because multiple scenarios can be tested in a virtual environment, it reduces trial and error and is drawing attention as a core physical AI technology that supports data-driven decision-making.
SK Telecom developed Agentic Digital Twin Modeling, a technology that uses Nvidia's Agent Toolkit to automate and intelligently process various data such as equipment and spatial structures in manufacturing sites to fit the Digital Twin environment. This can improve the efficiency of data conversion, scene optimization, and performance enhancement tasks that occur during Digital Twin construction and operation at manufacturing sites.
In particular, SK Telecom is advancing the platform by integrating the Nvidia Omniverse libraries to improve loading speed and runtime performance for large-scale 3D scenes, as well as GPU and memory utilization efficiency. Through this, it plans to implement a stable and scalable Digital Twin environment even in complex manufacturing settings with large-scale data, such as semiconductor fabs.
Positioning itself as a full-stack AI provider with the AI solutions corporations need across infrastructure, models, and services, SK Telecom plans to expand and strengthen its business for the public sector and corporations.
Mike Geyer, who leads Nvidia's industrial Digital Twin, said, "Semiconductor fabs are among the most demanding manufacturing environments, combining large-scale 3D data, complex equipment structures, and highly advanced optimization requirements," and added, "SK Telecom has demonstrated a high level of technical capability to apply and validate the Nvidia Omniverse Agent Toolkit in real industrial settings."
Jo Ik-hwan, who oversees physical AI at SK Telecom, said, "By collaborating with Nvidia, SK Telecom confirmed that the manufacturing Digital Twin can evolve beyond simple 3D visualization into a physical AI platform where AI understands and optimizes large-scale 3D data on the manufacturing floor." He added, "Going forward, SK Telecom will continue to expand its role as a physical AI technology partner with Nvidia across various manufacturing industries, including semiconductors."