NVIDIA & SK Hynix Establish Long-Term Partnership for AI Memory Development
NVIDIA and South Korean semiconductor giant SK hynix have announced a landmark multiyear technology partnership. This collaboration is aimed at co-developing next-generation memory chips to fuel the global AI infrastructure boom. The deal was announced on June 8, 2026, and is a continuation of years of deep co-engineering collaboration. The partnership is designed to ensure memory supply keeps pace with NVIDIA’s rapidly expanding AI roadmap.
As part of the agreement, SK hynix will co-develop advanced memory across a broad range of NVIDIA platforms. These include:
- Vera Rubin AI supercomputers
- Vera CPUs
- RTX Spark-powered personal AI PCs
- Jetson Thor robotics computing platforms
The partnership extends beyond supply agreements. SK hynix will also use NVIDIA’s CUDA-X libraries and PhysicsNeMo framework to accelerate in-house semiconductor simulations. Additionally, they will leverage NVIDIA Omniverse to build advanced digital twins of its fabrication facilities. This paves the way for fully autonomous fab operations.
Jensen Huang, NVIDIA’s founder and CEO, described the collaboration as essential: “AI factories are the engines of the next industrial revolution, and advanced memory is essential to their performance.” This deal is widely seen as a strategic move to secure memory supply. This comes at a time when AI-driven demand is causing global shortages and pushing up chip prices across the consumer electronics industry, from smartphones to PCs.
Source: NVIDIA Investor Relations – NVIDIA and SK hynix Announce Multiyear Technology Partnership