SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won met with NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang at a restaurant in Santa Clara, California, on Feb. 5 (local time). The reunion took place only three months after their meeting at APEC CEO Summit Korea last year, during which Huang invited Chey to the U.S. to exchange views on various areas of AI business collaboration.
Ahead of the trip, Chey personally reviewed the current status of cooperation between the two companies as well as demand trends within the global AI ecosystem, assessing SK hynix’s response strategies accordingly.
At the meeting, Chey presented Huang with “HBM Chips,” a semiconductor-themed snack created by SK hynix, as well as the book “Super Momentum,” which chronicles the company’s journey of overcoming difficulties to become a global HBM leader.
The partnership between the two companies, which began in the early days of HBM development when the market was still uncertain, has evolved beyond a simple supplier-buyer relationship into a strategic partnership that prioritizes collaboration from the product planning stage. Looking ahead, SK hynix plans to further expand the deep partnership it has built with NVIDIA in the AI semiconductor field to encompass the broader AI infrastructure landscape.
