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South Korea sets 800.2 billion won roadmap for 10 on-device AI chips and design assets

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Source: Yonhap News Agency

South Korea’s Ministry of Industry and Trade is presenting on 12 November the roadmap for its 800.2 billion won K-On-Device AI Semiconductor project, in which carmakers, appliance makers, robot and defence firms work with domestic fabless and software companies on AI chips, modules and driver software for real products. The roadmap schedules 10 items by 2030: one chip for self-driving cars, three for smart appliances, one each for collaborative robots, humanoids, farm robots and unmanned drones, and two chip design assets for advanced processes and extreme environments. Appliance chips are to be made more than a year earlier than planned, and a public-private strategy committee co-chaired by a vice minister and Kyung Hee University’s president will approve each year’s plan.

Why it matters

Korean fabless firms get buyers in the design process and priority foundry slots: Samsung Electronics’ foundry will give the project’s prototypes priority in its 21 multi-project wafer and single runs in 2027.

When
12 Nov 2026
ID
WTA-N-2026-0860
Who
Ministry of Industry and Trade, Samsung Electronics

Summary written with AI by wheresthe.ai, from Yonhap News Agency. Checked against the source on 12 Nov 2026.

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Earlier in this Storyline: What led hereSouth Korea sets four-stage plan to spread AI factories across industry

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  • BACI product-level trade databaseCEPIIHarmonised annual bilateral trade for about 5,000 HS6 products among about 200 countries, including chips.Years: 1995-present · annual · download · CSV · Covers before and after
  • UN ComtradeUnited Nations Statistics Division · paidBilateral goods trade by reporter, partner and product code, for example HS 8542 integrated circuits.monthly · api · CSV, JSON, API

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WTA-N-2026-0860: “South Korea sets 800.2 billion won roadmap for 10 on-device AI chips and design assets.” wheresthe.ai, 12 Nov 2026. https://wheresthe.ai/d/kr-south-korea-sets-roadmap-for-10-on-device-ai-chips-and-des-2026-11/ (source: Yonhap News Agency).

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