The ‘1st Industrial AI Expo’ opened on 3 September at the COEX Magok Convention Centre in Seoul. Photo=Kim Hyo-kyung, Economic Review reporter
As artificial intelligence (AI) emerges as a key focus across industries, an opportunity has been created to experience related technologies and solutions in one place.
The ‘1st Industrial AI Expo’ opened on the 3rd at the COEX Magok Convention Centre in Seoul. Held through the 5th under the theme ‘The convergence of AI and industry: leading a new industrial revolution’, the event features around 100 companies, including HD Hyundai and LG CNS, showcasing the latest industrial AI solutions.
In particular, global big tech companies such as NVIDIA, Microsoft (MS) and AMD also set up booths together with their Korean partners, demonstrating their standing.
Tackling AI heat with cooling technology
The NVIDIA (Leaders Systems) booth at the ‘1st Industrial AI Expo’. Photo=Kim Hyo-kyung, Economic Review reporter
The booth that attracted the most attention was NVIDIA’s. NVIDIA set up a joint booth with its Korean partner Leaders Systems and unveiled a wide range of next-generation AI infrastructure.
The exhibition showcased the NVIDIA DGX B200, an integrated AI platform covering training, fine-tuning and inference, as well as the RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell series. In particular, the equipment’s internal structure was also revealed, attracting visitors’ interest.
VERTIV, a data centre infrastructure company participating as a partner, introduced its next-generation liquid cooling distribution technology, ‘CoolChip CDU (coolant distribution unit)’, and the advanced modular data centre Smart Aisle3.
NVIDIA’s NVIDIA DGX B200. Photo=Kim Hyo-kyung, Economic Review reporter
VERTIV’s Smart Aisle3. Photo=Kim Hyo-kyung, Economic Review reporter
As demand for AI computing surges and managing heat from servers and GPUs emerges as a key challenge in data centre operations, cooling efficiency becomes directly linked to system stability as high-bandwidth memory (HBM) capacity and GPU density increase. Accordingly, liquid cooling technology is regarded as an essential element of next-generation AI infrastructure.
Smart Aisle3 is a solution equipped with high-efficiency precision air conditioning, UPS (uninterruptible power supply) and a versatile soft busway power distribution system suitable for large data centre applications. A Vertiv representative emphasised, “Designed with high-density thermal loads in mind, the system can effectively manage the heat issues arising in high-performance computing environments.”
AMD and MS also set up stands… showcasing their technological capabilities
CLEVI stand, an AMD partner. Photo=Kim Hyo-kyeong, Economic Review reporter
CLEVI, a domestic start-up participating as an AMD partner, showcased a programme that automatically generates websites using an AI agent. When instructed to “create a shopping site that recommends outfits using AI”, coding began immediately, attracting the attention of visitors.
In March, CLEVI officially launched its self-developed large-scale generative AI, ‘Ivy’. Ivy offers powerful features including ▲real-time learning and adaptation ▲multi-data processing ▲code interpreter ▲expert model generation ▲agent support system, and is considered suitable for use in a wide range of areas, from individual users to enterprises.
Global companies such as MS and HP also participated, showcasing their competitiveness. MS set up a stand where visitors could experience the Copilot programme directly and introduced various use cases for improving work productivity.
Microsoft (MS) stand set up at the 1st Industrial AI Expo. Photo=Kim Hyo-kyeong, Economic Review reporter
One participant at the event said, “After experiencing AI first-hand, I was impressed that it was not simply a technology but a solution that could be applied immediately in actual industrial settings,” adding, “I think there will be many opportunities for small and medium-sized enterprises to use it as well.”
The Industrial AI Expo showcased numerous new products applied to key industrial sectors, including automotive, shipbuilding, electronics and batteries. It is also supporting the discovery of new business opportunities for promising companies through one-to-one business meetings between domestic and overseas industrial AI demand and supply companies, as well as IR and pitching programmes.
Kang Gam-chan, Director-General for Industrial Policy at the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, is delivering the opening address at the 1st Industrial AI Expo. Photo=Kim Hyo-kyeong, Economic Review reporter
Technology seminars featuring AI experts from Korea and abroad, presentations of best practices, and information exchange and networking programmes were also held in parallel.
Kang Gam-chan, Director-General for Industrial Policy at the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, said in his opening remarks, “The Industrial AI Expo is a venue for innovation leading Korea’s major industrial AI transformation,” adding, “We will strengthen public-private cooperation so that companies can voluntarily and safely share our strength—high-quality manufacturing data—and will work to dramatically enhance the competitiveness of the manufacturing industry through manufacturing AX.”
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Source: Economic Review (Reporter Kim Hyo-gyeong) | https://www.econovill.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=709950