Jun Young-hyun, head of Samsung Electronics’ semiconductor business, met with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang in Seoul on Monday to discuss cooperation on next-generation foundry chips and related memory technologies.
According to Jun, the two companies are already collaborating on autonomous driving chips and on Nvidia’s AI accelerator chips. During their discussions, Samsung and Nvidia also explored potential cooperation on future semiconductor product generations.
The meeting included detailed talks about long-term collaboration on high-bandwidth memory, with Jun specifically citing HBM4E and HBM5 as subjects of those discussions. The executives additionally covered nearer-term cooperation in HBM4 and aspects of foundry operations.
Jun noted that Samsung is working with Nvidia on autonomous driving chips built on 4-nanometer and 8-nanometer process nodes, and that the relationship also extends to Nvidia’s accelerator chip.
Jun serves as co-CEO of Samsung Electronics and leads the company’s semiconductor division.
Context provided in the meeting
- Ongoing collaboration on autonomous driving chips and AI accelerator chips.
- Discussion of long-term memory roadmap including HBM4E and HBM5.
- Short-term cooperation addressed in HBM4 and foundry operations.
The comments reflect the topics Jun reported following the meeting; no further operational details, timelines, or additional technical specifications were provided in his summary.