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OpenAI Announces Partnerships with South Korean Chip Giants over Stargate Project

Samsung Electronics and SK hynix will supply AI-specific memory chips for OpenAI's $500 billion Stargate project, requiring about 900,000 DRAM wafers monthly, company officials said.

  • Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix have signed letters of intent to supply memory chips for OpenAI's data centers to meet demand for its Stargate project.
  • OpenAI announced partnerships with Samsung affiliates to develop, build and operate AI data centers, and to work on floating offshore data centers.
  • South Korea's presidential adviser said the country was open to financing the Stargate project, which would be impossible without chips from Samsung and SK Hynix.
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The South Korean technological giants Samsung and SK Hynix listed on Thursday at their highest level in a year after announcing alliances with the artificial intelligence colossus OpenAI, which pushed the Asian stock exchange to a historic peak. The rebound followed Wednesday’s announcement that both companies had signed preliminary agreements with OpenAI to supply chips and other equipment for their Stargate project, during a visit to Seoul by …

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Alliances will focus on increasing the provision of advanced memory chips, essential for the IA of next generation, and on expanding the capacity of data centres in South Korea.

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The Korea Times broke the news in Korea, Republic of on Wednesday, October 1, 2025.
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