Jensen Huang took the stage at GTC Taipei on June 1, naming SK Telecom as a key Nvidia partner in bringing physical AI to semiconductor manufacturing.
SK Telecom used Nvidia’s Omniverse platform to create a digital twin of SK Hynix’s semiconductor fabrication facility. This virtual replica simulates production, tests optimizations, and catches problems before they impact real production lines.
The digital twin project supports SK Hynix’s Autonomous Factory 2030 initiative, aiming for largely self-running chip fabs within four years. SK Telecom contributed its proprietary “Agentic Digital Twin Modeling” technology, automating the integration of equipment specs, sensor feeds, and workflow data.
For Nvidia, this validates its Omniverse Agent Toolkit in an industrial setting. The partnership, first announced in October 2025, also includes building an AI factory powered by over 50,000 Nvidia GPUs, with the first phase expected by late 2027.
SK Hynix, maker of high-bandwidth memory (HBM) chips essential for Nvidia’s AI GPUs, recently joined the $1 trillion market cap club. SK Telecom, South Korea’s largest wireless carrier, is diversifying into AI infrastructure and enterprise services.
For investors: The late 2027 AI factory milestone will be a key test of the partnership’s ability to deliver at scale.