SK Hynix Establishes 'AI Infrastructure' Division Led by President Kim Juseon

President Gwak Nojeong "Strengthening Specialty Product Capabilities, Leading Market as Core AI Infrastructure Company"

SK Hynix has established an 'AI Infra' organization to strengthen its competitiveness in the artificial intelligence (AI) business, including high-bandwidth memory (HBM). The company added diversity and dynamism to its organizational culture by appointing executives born in the 1980s and selecting female research fellows.

SK Hynix announced on the 7th that it had carried out organizational restructuring and executive appointments for 2024 following a board of directors report.

President Juseon Kim, Head of AI Infra at SK Hynix / Photo by SK Hynix

The company explained, "In this challenging global business environment this year, we overcame the downturn crisis and firmly established our technology competitiveness leading AI memory centered on HBM in the market. In line with this trend, through this organizational restructuring and executive appointments, we aim to further solidify the company's AI technology competitiveness and lead innovation that meets customer demands and technology trends."

SK Hynix decided to establish the 'AI Infra' organization with the goal of maintaining a competitive edge in the future AI infrastructure market.

Under AI Infra, the company created the 'HBM Business' by consolidating HBM-related capabilities and functions that were scattered across divisions, and also organized the existing 'GSM (Global Sales & Marketing)' organization. Kim Ju-seon, head of GSM, was promoted to president and will serve as the head of AI Infra.

Additionally, under AI Infra, the 'AI&Next' organization was established to lead pathfinding tasks to discover and pioneer new markets emerging from technological advancements in the AI era, such as next-generation HBM.

The company also established the 'N-S Committee' to strengthen competitiveness in the NAND flash and solution businesses. This organization, which will serve as the control tower for the NAND and solution businesses, is responsible for improving profitability and resource utilization efficiency of products and related projects.

To promote organic collaboration and create synergy between future advanced technology and existing mass production technology organizations, a 'Core Technology Center' directly under the CEO was also established.

To respond swiftly to global environmental changes, the company decided to reorganize related organizations and personnel under 'Global Growth Promotion' along with the existing 'Global Operation TF.'

Meanwhile, SK Hynix appointed 18 new executives, including the promotion of Lee Dong-hoon, born in 1983, continuing the policy of nurturing young and talented technical personnel as the foundation for future growth.

In particular, the company added diversity and dynamism to its organizational culture by appointing Oh Hae-soon as the first female research fellow. Regarding materials development, Gil Deok-shin, a top-level expert, was promoted to senior research fellow.

Kwack No-jung, CEO of SK Hynix, said, "Through this organizational restructuring and executive appointments, we will strive to evolve and develop as a core AI infrastructure company leading the global market while strengthening differentiated specialty memory capabilities for each customer."

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