Altman Meets ~50 Samsung Execs in Korea to Deepen Memory, Data-Center Ties
rohanpaul_ai · x · 2026-10-31
Bloomberg reports Sam Altman met about 50 Samsung executives in South Korea, seeking deeper memory-chip and data-center ties as memory shortages become a binding constraint on AI buildouts, pushing chip prices sharply higher.
Key points:
- South Korea leads in advanced memory; Nvidia's Jensen Huang and AMD's Lisa Su have each visited twice since last year.
- Existing deal: Samsung supplies memory for OpenAI's Stargate project and collaborates on data centers, including floating offshore sites.
- At the October 2025 signing, OpenAI said Samsung and SK Hynix were targeting up to 900K DRAM wafers per month combined.
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