SK Telecom Applies NVIDIA Omniverse Digital Twins to SK hynix Semiconductor Fabs

SK Telecom (SKT) announced on 1 June 2026 that it has applied digital twins to SK hynix semiconductor fabs using NVIDIA Omniverse libraries, optimizing the technology for complex, large-scale manufacturing environments. Last year, SKT completed a proof of concept (PoC) for applying digital twin technology to an SK hynix semiconductor fab. The company plans to proceed with commercialization in phases, aligning with SK hynix's roadmap to establish an "Autonomous Fab" by 2030. Cho Ik-hwan, Head of Physical AI at SKT, said: "Through our collaboration with NVIDIA, we have validated that manufacturing digital twins can evolve beyond simple 3D visualization into a physical AI platform capable of understanding and optimizing large-scale 3D manufacturing data." Digital twins recreate actual factories and equipment in virtual environments, enabling companies to simulate and verify the impact of process changes and equipment layout adjustments in advance. Using the NVIDIA Agent Toolkit, SKT developed "Agentic Digital Twin Modeling" technology, which automates and intelligently processes diverse data, such as equipment and spatial structures at manufacturing sites, for digital twin environments. The technology enhances the efficiency of data conversion, scene optimization, and performance improvement tasks that arise during the development and operation of digital twins in manufacturing environments. SKT is also integrating NVIDIA Omniverse libraries into its platform to improve the loading speed of large-scale OpenUSD-based 3D scenes, execution performance, and GPU and memory usage efficiency, and plans to implement a stable and scalable digital twin environment even in manufacturing environments with massive data volumes, such as semiconductor fabs. Mike Geyer, head of industrial digital twins at NVIDIA, said: "SKT has demonstrated a high level of technical capability in applying and validating NVIDIA Omniverse libraries, as well as the NVIDIA Agent Toolkit in real-world industrial settings within this environment." Cho added: "Going forward, SKT will continue to expand its role as a physical AI technology partner with NVIDIA across various industrial sectors, including semiconductors."