South Korea\'s second round of government support for graphics processing units has attracted five bidders, including first-round winner Naver Cloud and first-round loser Coupang, both re-entering. KT Cloud, Samsung SDS and Elice Group joined as new participants. The science ministry set evaluation criteria including economic feasibility, large scale, direct clustering, latest GPUs and service launch within the year. Officials plan evaluations and site inspections in April and May before selecting operators in May.

Virtualisation and cloud company Namutech said on Wednesday it appointed Kim Hwa-joong as its new president. It plans to shift to a co-CEO structure after completing procedures through a shareholders meeting and the board of directors. Kim is an IT professional with about 25 years of experience at global consulting firms and major domestic systems integration companies. He has overseen companywide strategy and operations since April 1.