00:00Before you submit that application, Korea's chip and AI hiring picture is shifting right now.
00:05Let's look at what this means for job seekers and graduates in Korea.
00:08It's Thursday, October 22.
00:09Let's look at what this means for job seekers and graduates in Korea.
00:13Korea's automotive chip industry is moving to build domestic capacity.
00:16The government and Hyundai Motor, along with 22 other companies and institutions,
00:20formed a joint task force to expand local chip design and production.
00:24Domestic chips currently account for roughly 5% of the market, and global share sits near 3%.
00:29The strategy aims to win real production records and reduce reliance on foreign supply chains.
00:33Here's what the numbers show.
00:34The global automotive chip market is projected to grow from $77.4 billion last year to $133 billion by 2030.
00:42Hyundai Mobus plans to apply 9 domestic-developed chips to Hyundai and Kia vehicles by 2029.
00:47Meanwhile, Hyundai Mobus signed a deal with SK KeyFoundry and 4 small Fabless firms to build a power semiconductor ecosystem,
00:55with a dedicated silicon carbide research facility and a support center in Chunan opening next June.
01:00Krafton released RON1 Mini, a 30-billion-parameter large language model, as a free preview under an Apache 2.0
01:07license.
01:08The model activates only 4 billion parameters per task, cutting compute costs while keeping responses fast.
01:13Hyundai Motor Group, meanwhile, is pursuing domestic production of actuators, control boards, and charging systems for its robotics business.
01:21So what does this mean for graduates weighing a career in Korea's tech and manufacturing sectors?
01:25The clearest signal is that domestic chip design, AI model development, and robotics component production are now receiving sustained policy
01:32and corporate investment.
01:33Earlier, we said that domestic chips hold only a 3% global share.
01:37Here's what that actually means for you.
01:39Demand for engineers who can bridge design, testing, and certification is likely to grow over the next several years.
01:45Roles that connect Fabless design houses with automakers and component suppliers may become especially valuable.
01:50What to Watch
01:51The next hiring rounds from automakers and AI firms
01:54That's today's AI Prism, students and grads.
01:56This episode was produced with AI assistants based on Seoul Economic Daily Reporting.
02:01AI Prism is a Juan Ifra Award-winning series.
02:04We'll be back tomorrow.
