DeepX and Intel Korea Agree on NPU Collaboration

ETNewsFriday, November 13, 2026
DeepX and Intel Korea Agree on NPU Collaboration
  • •DeepX signed an AI semiconductor cooperation agreement with Intel Korea on the 12th.
  • •The companies will connect and optimize OpenVINO with DeepX NPUs and review a DX-M2 generative AI solution.
  • •DeepX, Intel Korea and KTNF will validate robotics platforms and seek broader demonstrations and applications.

DeepX said on the 13th that it signed an agreement with Intel Korea on the 12th at COEX in Seoul to cooperate on AI semiconductor technology. The companies plan to use Intel's computing platform and software ecosystem to advance DeepX's neural processing unit (NPU) technology and jointly explore ways to develop and use AI inference solutions.

Planned work includes connecting and optimizing Intel OpenVINO with DeepX NPUs, collaborating on physical AI and edge AI platform technology, validating AI semiconductor and system architectures, and reviewing generative AI solutions based on DX-M2. OpenVINO is AI inference software, while an NPU is a specialized semiconductor that processes neural network computations.

DeepX also signed a separate three-party agreement that day with Intel Korea and KTNF, a South Korean server company. DeepX said the agreement is intended to broaden cooperation from AI semiconductors to software and server systems.

For physical AI, the companies will validate the technical potential of a platform combining the host and control functions of Intel x86 processors with the perception and inference functions of DeepX NPUs. They will also explore expanding demonstrations and applications in robotics. DeepX CEO Kim Nok-won and Intel Korea CEO Bae Tae-won attended the event. The agreements cover technology integration and validation, solution reviews, and cooperation across semiconductors, software and server systems.