Investing.com -- South Korea has revealed plans to secure 10,000 high-performance graphics processing units (GPUs) within this year. This move aims to help the country keep up in the rapidly intensifying global artificial intelligence (AI) race.
The acting President of South Korea, Choi Sang-mok, announced this strategy on Monday.
He explained that the competition for dominance in the AI industry is becoming increasingly intense. The competitive landscape is evolving from company-level battles to a full-scale rivalry between national innovation ecosystems.
Choi stated that the government's goal is to secure these 10,000 GPUs through a combination of public and private cooperation. This strategy is designed to assist the country in launching services at its national AI computing center earlier than planned.
This announcement comes in the wake of a new regulation declared by the U.S. government last month. This rule aims to regulate the flow of American AI chips and technology necessary for the most advanced AI applications.
It specifically limits the export of GPUs, which are specialized processors initially designed to speed up graphics rendering.
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