South Korea plans eight homegrown on-device AI chips by 2030

Seoul's 800.2 billion won roadmap pairs local chip designers with Samsung's foundry to put AI inside cars, appliances, robots and defense systems South Korea wants its AI to stop phoning home. The government plans to develop eight domestic AI chips and two semiconductor design intellectual property (IP) assets by 2030, all built to run artificial intelligence directly on devices rather than on distant servers. The target list reads like a sci-fi catalog: autonomous vehicles, smart home appliances, humanoid robots and drones. The plan is called the K-On-Device AI Semiconductor Technology Development Project. South Korea’s Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) unveiled the roadmap on November 12, 2026. The budget is 800.2 billion won , which works out to around $578–600 million.

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