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[인터뷰] AMD-스트라드비전, 자율주행 ‘엣지 AI’ 공동전선 확대…남다른 협업 비밀 공개

Digital Daily | Local Language | News | Sept. 18, 2025 | UndeterminedBizdev-Partnering

AMD and StradVision have entered a strategic collaboration focused on expanding their joint presence in the autonomous driving and robotics edge AI markets. Their partnership aims to integrate hardware and software solutions, moving beyond simple product provision to jointly developing market opportunities with OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers. This collaboration is built on trust and mutual success, with StradVision's CEO highlighting a decade-long open approach by AMD since the Xilinx acquisition, involving joint benchmarks and prototype testing.

StradVision is leveraging AMD’s Versal AI Edge platform to optimize autonomous driving functions, especially in handling perception, framing, and control stages for advanced driving levels (L3 and above), where low latency is critical. AMD contributes through system-optimized solutions that balance local AI inference, latency reduction, data privacy, and resilience. StradVision showcased its AI vision solution, SVNet, at CES 2025, targeting installation in 1.5 million vehicles this year and expanding to 15 million by 2028, with potential future product lineups involving AMD collaboration.

Currently, StradVision supplies its solutions to 13 global automakers, with additional advanced customers in development; their technical credibility has been strengthened through AMD’s involvement, particularly when addressing rigorous accuracy requirements from Japanese clients. Both companies are also extending their technologies beyond automotive to fields like robotics, industrial measurement, telecommunications, medical, and rail sectors.

The partnership reflects a larger shift in the edge AI market away from cloud-dominant models, emphasizing device-level problem solving in latency, personal data security, and system resilience—the core of AMD’s edge strategy. While technological integration progresses towards slimmer hardware, higher inference throughput, and improved power efficiency with AMD’s evolving compute platforms, the companies acknowledge ecosystem challenges, especially for startups and SMEs. AMD focuses on being a key partner enabling customer success rather than broad ecosystem declarations, aiming to demonstrate a diverse range of technology partnerships.

금감위, 감독권한 강화…금감원은 역할축소

Maekyung | Local Language | News | Sept. 18, 2025 | Regulation

The ruling party has submitted 10 bills to reorganize financial supervision, including dismantling the Financial Services Commission (FSC) and establishing the Financial Supervisory Committee (FSCm), which will have significantly expanded powers. The Financial Supervisory Committee will gain legislative consultation and sanctioning authority over financial institutions, including the power to demand dismissal and impose suspensions on bank executives, which were previously more limited under the Financial Services Commission and the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS).

The Financial Supervisory Committee will increase its membership to 10, compared to the FSC's 9 members, while the Ministry of Finance and Economy will take over control of five key public institutions previously under the FSC. Meanwhile, the Financial Supervisory Service will see a reduction in its authority, especially concerning sanctions and supervisory rules. Responsibilities related to the Financial Consumer Protection Agency will be separated from the FSS, with the agency’s head appointed by the president upon recommendation from the Financial Supervisory Committee chairman.

Staff restructuring will reduce deputy governor roles at the FSS but increase the total number of executives across the Financial Supervisory Service and Consumer Protection Agency from 14 to 17. The reorganization will likely increase costs for financial firms by approximately 120 billion won, as contributions to supervisory bodies will rise. The Financial Supervisory Service governor emphasized compliance with the government’s reorganization plan, and the heads of the restructured entities have agreed to coordinate closely to enhance financial consumer protection.

Yonhap | English | News | Sept. 18, 2025 | North Korea

The South Korean unification ministry will host the Global Korea Forum (GKF) from September 18 to 19, 2025, at a hotel in Seoul. The forum's theme is "Toward Peaceful Coexistence on the Korean Peninsula and Northeast Asia," focusing on garnering support for the Lee Jae Myung administration's North Korea and unification policies.

The event aims to build both domestic and international backing for efforts to improve inter-Korean relations and promote peace on the Korean Peninsula. On the first day, Harvard professor Michael Sandel will address the crisis of democracy and challenges to peaceful coexistence. On the second day, Archbishop Hyginus Kim Hee-joong will discuss the importance of restoring community spirit in the peace process.

Discussion sessions will explore various topics including inter-Korean exchanges, the development of South Korea’s official unification formula, and the role of civil society in advancing these goals.