{"slug": "sejong-university-s-research-institute-accelerating-development-of-next-gup", "title": "Sejong University's research institute accelerating development of next-generation GUP technology", "summary": "Sejong University's Future GPU Research Institute, led by professor Park Woo-chan, is accelerating development of next-generation GPU and AI semiconductor technologies, focusing on real-time path tracing to overcome noise issues and achieve ultrarealistic graphics.", "body_md": "The Future GPU Research Institute of Sejong University is accelerating the development of core technologies for next-generation graphics processing units (GPU) and artificial intelligence (AI) semiconductors, the university said Monday. The institute, led by professor Park Woo-chan of the department of computer sciences and engineering, is focusing on developing technologies for real-time path tracing, the next frontier in GPU rendering beyond conventional ray tracing. Ray tracing is a computer graphics technique that renders highly realistic images by simulating how light travels and interacts with objects in a scene. Path tracing is an advanced form of ray tracing that simulates the complete path of light as it bounces around a scene, producing images that are extremely close to real-world lighting. While path tracing enables ultrarealistic graphics that are virtually indistinguishable from reality, the severe noise generated during real-time rendering has long remained the biggest hurdle to its commercialization. To address these challenges, the institute is developing a proprietary r", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/sejong-university-s-research-institute-accelerating-development-of-next-gup", "canonical_source": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/education/20260708/sejong-universitys-research-institute-accelerating-development-of-next-generation-gup-technology?utm_source=rss", "published_at": "2026-07-08 02:22:03+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-08 02:29:38.380219+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-chips", "computer-vision"], "entities": ["Sejong University", "Future GPU Research Institute", "Park Woo-chan"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/sejong-university-s-research-institute-accelerating-development-of-next-gup", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/sejong-university-s-research-institute-accelerating-development-of-next-gup.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/sejong-university-s-research-institute-accelerating-development-of-next-gup.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/sejong-university-s-research-institute-accelerating-development-of-next-gup.jsonld"}}