Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong on Site Inspection: "Let's Cheer Up Once More and Overcome the Wall"

Visit to Suwon Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology
Reviewing the Status of New Technology Research and Development

Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong is inspecting the smartphone production plant at the Gumi plant on the 3rd.

[Asia Economy Reporter Dongwoo Lee] Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong has embarked on an on-site inspection for the core source technology development strategy.

On the 25th, Samsung Electronics announced that Vice Chairman Lee visited the Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology located in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province, received a report on the status of new technology research and development, and reviewed the next-generation future technology strategy. This on-site inspection came just six days after his visit to the Samsung Display plant in Asan, Chungnam on the 19th.

At the site, Vice Chairman Lee held a meeting to discuss advanced technologies including ▲ next-generation AI semiconductors and software algorithms ▲ quantum computing technology ▲ future security technologies ▲ innovative materials for semiconductors, displays, and batteries.

Vice Chairman Lee stated, “The more difficult and challenging the times, the more thoroughly we must prepare for the future. The way we can repay the support of the people is through innovation,” adding, “When you feel you have hit a limit, gather your strength once again and overcome the wall.”

Present at the meeting were Kim Ki-nam, Vice Chairman of Samsung Electronics’ Device Solutions Division, Hwang Sung-woo, President of Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology, Kang Ho-gyu, Head of Samsung Electronics Semiconductor Research Center, and Kwak Jin-oh, Head of Samsung Display Research Center.

Vice Chairman Lee also reviewed the promotion strategy of the Fine Dust Research Institute, established last year to address the social challenge of fine dust pollution.

On the same day, Samsung Electronics announced that it had established a mass production system applying EUV processes to DRAM for the first time in the industry. The company evaluated that it is now prepared to break through the limits of semiconductor fine processes by fully applying the 'EUV process' starting with next-generation DRAM products, a first in the memory industry.

Vice Chairman Lee has shown great interest and oversight in EUV technology research necessary for developing high-performance, low-power semiconductors in AI, 5G, and autonomous driving fields.

In April last year, Vice Chairman Lee personally visited the EUV construction site during the system semiconductor vision declaration ceremony. He also visited the Hwaseong Semiconductor Research Center and the world’s first EUV-dedicated production base, the V1 line, in January and February of this year to check on development progress.

Thanks to Vice Chairman Lee’s interest and the efforts of employees, business results based on EUV process technology are becoming visible.

Samsung Electronics began shipping 7-nanometer semiconductor products applying EUV processes for the first time in the world in the system semiconductor field last April, and introduced next-generation 3-nanometer foundry technology this year.

Samsung Electronics announced that it has completed global customer evaluations by supplying more than one million units of the first-generation (1x) 10-nanometer-class (1 nanometer: one billionth of a meter) DDR4 DRAM modules produced using the EUV process.

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