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South Korea to discuss future strategy on economy, society and science and technology
South Korea’s Planning and Budget Office, the National Economic Advisory Council and the National Science and Technology Advisory Council will hold a joint seminar on Sept. 16 in Seoul on a mid- to long-term national development strategy for 2045. The event will review expected technological changes over the next 20 years and their economic and social impact, and examine national tasks to help the next generation find new growth opportunities.
AI & Enterprise
National Science and Technology Advisory Council holds first PACST science and technology forum
South Korea’s National Science and Technology Advisory Council held the first PACST Science and Technology Forum with the Science and Technology Policy Institute in Seoul on Wednesday. The forum was set up to review the purpose and direction of national research and development over the past 60 years and to seek a future science and technology policy vision. It plans to hold four PACST forums in total through year-end, with sessions scheduled for Sept. 30, Nov. 4 and Dec. 16.
Industry
Why Korea\'s homegrown AI chips are not reaching market as software tool gaps hit on-device NPUs
Korea-made on-device AI semiconductors have reached global-level hardware performance but are failing to clear the commercialisation hurdle because of software barriers. Domestic NPU chips often drop out at the proof-of-concept stage because software development kits, compilers and related tools are not mature enough for customers to run them. Set makers say a lack of frameworks, profiling and debugging tools raises development costs, pushing them back toward Nvidia’s CUDA-based chips.
