Samsung Electronics Airs Congratulatory Video for Jensen Huang in New York's Times Square
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Samsung Electronics congratulated Jensen Huang on receiving the 2026 James A. Van Fleet Award through a billboard in New York's Times Square. The congratulatory video ran from 6 p.m. local time on the 27th through the 28th and introduced Jensen Huang CEO's innovative leadership and major achievements. The Van Fleet Award is an award established by The Korea Society and is given annually to individuals and institutions that have contributed to strengthening friendship and cooperation between South Korea and the United States.
Samsung Electronics congratulated Jensen Huang on receiving the 2026 James A. Van Fleet Award through a billboard in New York's Times Square. The congratulatory video ran from 6 p.m. local time on the 27th through the 28th.
The video highlighted Jensen Huang CEO's innovative leadership and spotlighted key achievements that have driven the development of the AI industry.
The Van Fleet Award is an award established by the nonprofit The Korea Society. The award is named after General James Van Fleet, who commanded the U.S. 8th Army during the Korean War. Each year, it honors individuals and institutions that have contributed to strengthening friendship and cooperation between South Korea and the United States.
Jensen Huang CEO has led innovation in AI and accelerated computing and contributed to expanding cooperation between South Korea and the United States in the AI and semiconductor industries. He was selected as this year's recipient in recognition of those achievements.
Samsung Electronics aired the congratulatory video on the Times Square billboard. The video was composed to introduce Jensen Huang CEO's major activities and accomplishments, and it featured four central keywords: 'Pioneer,' 'Architect,' 'Builder,' and 'Friend.'
Another video also presented Jensen Huang CEO's major activities and vision in sequence against the backdrop of a virtual exhibition space. That video aimed to reflect the significance of receiving the Van Fleet Award.
Through the video, Samsung Electronics highlighted Jensen Huang CEO's leadership in driving innovation in the AI era while emphasizing the significance of AI and semiconductor cooperation between South Korea and the United States. In doing so, the video underscored not only Jensen Huang CEO's leadership but also the symbolic meaning of AI and semiconductor cooperation between the two countries.
Samsung Electronics and NVIDIA have continued cooperation in areas including memory and system semiconductors, and more recently have been expanding the scope of their partnership amid the spread of the AI industry. As part of that effort, the two companies are pursuing the establishment of an 'AI Factory' that combines NVIDIA's accelerated computing and digital twin technologies with Samsung Electronics' semiconductor manufacturing capabilities to apply AI across the entire process, from research and development (R&D) to design and production.
Samsung Electronics plans to apply AI to semiconductor manufacturing sites. It also plans to expand AI-based manufacturing innovation using NVIDIA technology.
Separately, Samsung Electronics has a past connection to the Van Fleet Award. The late Samsung Chairman Lee Kun-hee received the Van Fleet Award in 2006, in recognition of his contributions to economic cooperation between South Korea and the United States and to the development of bilateral relations.
Source: TECHWORLD · Park Gyu-chan
Original: https://www.epnc.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=407463
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