Nvidia’s next-generation graphics processing unit (GPU), Vera Rubin collection, is anticipated to be prioritized for provide to Korea.
Vice Minister of Science and ICT Ryu Je-myung revealed this on Jan. 13 by means of a Fb submit introducing his expertise attending the world’s largest IT exhibition, CES 2026, and visiting Nvidia headquarters. Ryu emphasised that “Nvidia stated they might pursue early provide of Blackwell (GB300) to Korea and precedence provide of the next-generation GPU Vera Rubin, scheduled for mass manufacturing in 2027, to Korea,” including that “with the ability to use the newest GPU first has very important significance in AI mannequin competitors.”
The Vera Rubin NVL72, which Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang unveiled at CES 2026, is a superchip composed of 36 central processing models (CPU) “Vera” and 72 GPUs “Rubin” built-in into one, with inference efficiency reaching 5 occasions that of Blackwell-based merchandise.
Ryu additionally stated, “In the course of the go to to the Nvidia sales space, CEO Huang’s daughter Madison personally offered steering,” and “(Madison) emphasised that CEO Huang considers the partnership with Korea extraordinarily necessary.” Ryu talked about, “I confirmed that CEO Huang is personally overseeing the institution of an Nvidia analysis institute in Korea,” including that “it appears a concrete schedule will likely be materialized quickly.” He additional added, “In a scenario the place bodily AI is quickly advancing, Nvidia’s choice to ascertain a associated analysis institute in Korea, as they lead this discipline, will be seen as displaying how importantly Nvidia views Korea.”
