Korea is a very important part of the Nvidia ecosystem.
On the 1st in Taipei, Taiwan, at the Korea Partner Night event, Nvidia Chief Executive Jensen Huang showed his affection for Korea several times. He said, "I have many long-time friends in Korea and partners who have supported Nvidia for years," adding, "We should prepare for the future together."
In fact, the real meaning of the event lay elsewhere. It was the first time Nvidia held a separate event exclusively for Korean corporations during Computex 2026, Asia's largest IT and computing trade show.
Until now, the star of Computex had been Taiwan. That is because TSMC, Foxconn, Wistron and Quanta, core corporations in Nvidia's artificial intelligence (AI) supply chain, are all based in Taiwan. Huang has also recently called Taiwan the "center of the AI revolution," stressing the importance of Taiwan's ecosystem.
But this year was different. Nvidia invited Samsung Electronics, SK hynix, LG Electronics, Doosan and Naver, as well as stakeholders from semiconductor, cloud, robot and startup corporations, to host the first Korea Night. On site were Kim Jae-joon, executive vice president of Samsung Electronics' Memory Business, Kwak Noh-jung, president of SK hynix, Jeong Soo-heon, head of LG Sciencepark, and Kim Yu-won, head of Naver Cloud.
Throughout the event, Huang emphasized Korea's strategic importance. He said, "Korea is an important part of the Nvidia ecosystem," explaining, "Korea collaborates not only on chips but also in DRAM, and we work together in science, Robotics and AI factory fields."
What especially drew attention was the mention of the robot industry. When asked about potential investment in Korea, Huang said, "Robotics is a very important field for Korea," and, "I want to contribute to Korea's Robotics development."
This is interpreted as seeing Korea as a key partner in the future AI industry beyond the high-bandwidth memory (HBM) supply chain. It is also significant given that Nvidia has recently presented "physical AI" centered on Humanoid Robot, autonomous machines and Digital Twin as its next growth engine.
In the latter part of the event, there were also kind words for SK hynix. When reporters asked about the HBM4 (sixth-generation HBM) competition, Huang said, "HBM is very complicated. Many factors matter, including performance, quality, reliability and supply capability," adding, "We have worked with SK hynix for a very long time." He went on, "They recently became a $1 trillion market cap corporation," and smiled, saying, "I'm so proud of them."
Industry watchers say the event shows the elevated standing of Korean corporations. It is unusual for Nvidia to host a separate partner event for a specific country during Computex. An industry official said, "Korea is establishing itself as a key partner that connects not only the HBM supply chain but also Nvidia's future businesses, including AI data centers, software and robots."