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

By Thomson Reuters Jun 8, 2026 | 4:48 AM

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)