KT, which is focusing on strengthening its AI technology capabilities, including its belief in "super-large AI," has been selected as a partner for a system semiconductor demand-linked project with Rebellion, a domestic AI semiconductor company, and is accelerating the development of low-power, high-performance AI semiconductors.

KT announced on the 7th that it was selected as a target company for the System Semiconductor Demand-Linked Online Platform Support Project (COMPAS, hereinafter referred to as Compas), which is operated as a dedicated organization by the Korea Institute of Industrial Technology Evaluation and Planning under the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy and hosted by the Korea Semiconductor Research Association.

The Compass project matches companies with demand for system semiconductors with semiconductor suppliers possessing the technology, and provides financial support for the development of prototypes for commercialization. Support is available for up to 50% of the total project cost for prototype development, up to a maximum of KRW 1 billion.

With this project, Rebellion plans to accelerate the development of low-power, high-performance semiconductor servers to provide KT's ultra-large model services. KT and Rebellion supported this project with the ultimate goal of further improving ATOM's performance and developing and applying ATOM+ (Atom Plus) optimized for ultra-large AI models.

KT-KT Cloud-Rebellion have been strengthening Korea's AI capabilities through continuous collaboration, and on May 30th, they commercialized a cloud-based NPU infrastructure service using the AI semiconductor ATOM.

KT stated, “KT is strengthening its cooperation with deep tech startups to enhance its competitiveness in the era of AI transformation,” and “Through this Compass project, we will be able to accelerate the acquisition of Korea’s best AI technology capabilities and infrastructure.”