Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang met with Faker during his first stop in South Korea: South Korea is the birthplace of esports.

Odaily Odaily reports that Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's first stop on his visit to South Korea was the T1 base in Hongdae, Seoul, where he met with Lee Sang-hyeok, the "Faker" player for the League of Legends team T1, drawing attention from the esports community. Jensen Huang stated that South Korea is the birthplace of esports and a shaper of its spectator culture, with numerous top South Korean gamers contributing to the success of GeForce graphics cards. He emphasized that South Korea holds a special place in his heart and is a very important market for Nvidia, adding, "We are also your fans." The meeting took place at T1's facilities, and was attended by T1 players Doran, Oner, Peyz, Keria, and T1 COO Ahn Woong-ki. This exchange continued the foundation of their previous collaboration on projects such as *VALORANT*. During the interactive session, Faker's response to being asked about his graphics card, "5070," drew attention. Jensen Huang also introduced NVIDIA's next-generation AI PC platform, RTX Spark, to the audience, stating that it will become the new computing architecture for the future AI era. Faker expressed that the meeting with the NVIDIA CEO was very meaningful and thanked the technology and industry support for the development of professional esports. (Zdnet)