South Korea is planning a roughly $1 trillion push into memory chip production and humanoid robots, according to Ars Technica. The effort reflects the country’s attempt to strengthen its position in two areas tied closely to AI demand.
Memory chips are central to AI infrastructure, while humanoid robots represent a longer-term bet on embodied automation. Combining the two shows how governments are treating AI supply chains as strategic industrial policy.
The scale of the plan also underscores how competitive the global AI hardware race has become, especially as countries try to reduce dependence on foreign suppliers.