South Korea expects contracted deliveries of Nvidia graphics processing units to proceed without disruption despite a controversy surrounding the chipmaker's chief executive, Seoul's deputy science minister said on Monday 9 November.

Vice Minister of Science and ICT Ryu Jemyung told a parliamentary budget committee that 10,000 GPUs funded under a 2025 supplementary budget had already arrived and were in use. GPUs planned for 2026 were under contract and expected to enter service this year, he said.

"We expect production and the delivery schedule for contracted volumes to proceed without disruption," Ryu said, adding that the ministry was closely monitoring developments and discussing prices and schedules with Nvidia Korea.

Investigation into the chief executive

Nvidia's board said on Sunday it had opened an independent investigation after reports that chief executive Jensen Huang had been targeted by a Chinese intelligence effort through his relationship with businesswoman Alice Huang. The board said it had no reason to believe that either United States national security or Nvidia secrets had been compromised.

News of the controversy coincided with the cancellation of a visit to South Korea by Huang's daughter Madison Huang, a senior director at Nvidia. Nvidia AI Day Seoul, a two-day event expected to draw about 2,000 participants, was proceeding as planned, according to South Korean media.