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[Samsung Electronics] News Memo — Lee Jae-yong Meets Jensen Huang in Washington

A brief note on the Samsung-Nvidia HBM alliance signal seen at the Korea-U.S. Business Roundtable

Published: 2025-08-26 · News memo · Naver Blog / Herald Economy

0. Bottom line first

1. What the article reports

Official fact: Around the Korea-U.S. summit, a Korea-U.S. Business Roundtable was held, where Chairman Lee Jae-yong and CEO Jensen Huang were seen meeting. Herald Economy headlined it as a 'teaser' for a Samsung-Nvidia HBM alliance.

Official fact: At the same event, FKI Chairman Ryu Jin mentioned a USD 150 billion U.S. investment plan, and the article notes that Samsung Electronics' potential additional U.S. investment is also drawing attention.

Source article: Lee Jae-yong and Jensen Huang's 'warm embrace' — a teaser for a Samsung-Nvidia 'HBM alliance'? [Korea-U.S. summit]

2. Short interpretation

Interpretation: A single article is not enough to conclude that any specific HBM supply contract will follow. Still, having the two figures publicly together at a Korea-U.S. summit side event is itself an event that revives the long-running market expectation of Samsung HBM being supplied to Nvidia.

Interpretation: With FKI floating a USD 150 billion headline number, any follow-on announcement of additional Samsung Electronics U.S. investment could put further focus on Samsung's lines connected to U.S. AI infrastructure — HBM, foundry, and data centers. For now this remains a 'signal' and should be treated as a hypothesis until concrete disclosures or contracts follow.