South Korea to seek priority supply of Nvidia Vera Rubin GPUs, science minister says


A smartphone with a displayed NVIDIA logo is placed on a computer motherboard in this illustration taken March 6, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

SEOUL, June ⁠8 (Reuters) - South Korea will ⁠ask for priority supply of ‌Nvidia's next-generation Vera Rubin graphics processing units, as deliveries are expected ​to be delayed, Science ⁠and ICT ⁠Minister Bae Kyung-hoon said on Monday.

Bae ⁠said ‌a government notice for South Korea's ⁠GPU project had been issued earlier ​in ‌the day, adding that a ⁠supply ​of Nvidia's B300 chips was expected to arrive on ⁠time.

"B300 supply looks like ​it will come in time, but Vera Rubin looks likely ⁠to be slightly delayed, so we will request priority supply for that," Bae told ​reporters.

Bae said later ⁠that South Korea aims to ​get supply ‌this year.

(Reporting by Hyunjoo ​Jin and Joyce Lee, Editing by Louise Heavens)

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