Samsung Electronics Hosts 'Semiconductor Tech Seminar' Inviting DS Division Partners

Over 1,000 Participants from 243 Partner Companies Attend

On the 28th, Samsung Electronics held a 'Semiconductor Tech Seminar' at the Suwon Samsung Electronics Win-Win Cooperation Academy, inviting partners from the DS Division. The seminar covered 'The Latest Trends in the Semiconductor Industry and Cases of Semiconductor Equipment Innovation.' Approximately 1,000 executives and practitioners from 243 partner companies attended.

The Semiconductor Tech Seminar has been held since 2019 for partners of Samsung Electronics' DS Division. It is held more than twice a year. Although it was conducted online for the past three years, this year it was held both online and offline. The purpose is to learn about semiconductor technology trends together.

Employees of Samsung Electronics' partner companies are attending the 'Semiconductor Tech Seminar' held on the 28th at the Samsung Electronics Win-Win Cooperation Academy in Suwon, listening to presentations. / Photo by Samsung Electronics

On this day, Ki-Hyun Ahn, Executive Director of the Korea Semiconductor Industry Association, shared insights on semiconductor industry trends and future directions during his lecture. Ji-Ho Uh, Master of Samsung Electronics Memory Equipment Materials Technology Team, presented on the future direction of semiconductor equipment. Samsung revealed the future semiconductor fab (factory) vision, providing partners with a research·development (R&D) blueprint. Seong-Min Heo, Director of ASML, and Eung-Jun Lee, Managing Director of Korea ALBAK, also shared their companies' equipment innovation cases.

Since its inception in 2019, the Semiconductor Tech Seminar has been attended by over 5,000 people. Samsung Electronics plans to select seminar topics reflecting the needs of partner company employees and proceed with the seminars in the second half of the year as well.

Wan-Young Jung, Vice President of Samsung Electronics DS Division Win-Win Cooperation Center, said, "Samsung can achieve true growth only when growing together with domestic semiconductor companies," adding, "The goal of the Win-Win Cooperation Center is to be with our partners until the day small and medium enterprises become strong companies."

Samsung Electronics is engaged in various win-win activities to strengthen the domestic semiconductor ecosystem. These include partner consulting and customized education, performance evaluation projects, pattern wafer support, and joint investment-type technology development projects. Samsung also supports small and venture companies by transferring excellent patents it owns free of charge.

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