SK Hynix Vice President Lee Jae-yeon: "AI Boom is an Opportunity... Time to Focus on Pathfinding"

SK Hynix New Executive Newsroom Interview

"The recent AI boom sparked by ChatGPT is also creating great opportunities in the memory semiconductor field. It is time to focus on pathfinding for future growth in this massive movement."

Lee Jae-yeon, Vice President of SK Hynix's 'Global RTC (Revolutionary Technology Center),' which researches and develops next-generation semiconductors, said this in an interview with the company's newsroom on the 22nd. The Global RTC is an organization that develops emerging (next-generation) memory to create the value of next-generation technology and researches future generation computing. Vice President Lee joined the Global RTC this year as a newly appointed executive.

Lee Jae-yeon, Vice President of SK Hynix / [Photo by SK Hynix Newsroom]

Vice President Lee stated that emerging memory will present a new paradigm leading the AI era. He also explained that the company is developing SOM (Selector-Only Memory), Spin, Synaptic memory, ACiM, and other technologies to implement emerging memory solutions.

He said, "We are developing various technologies for the future, such as implementing the fastest Spin device operation among emerging memories using magnetic properties," and added, "Research in the field of synaptic memory, an AI semiconductor mimicking the human brain, is also progressing rapidly." He continued, "ACiM, which can reduce data movement between memory and processor during AI computation and lower energy consumption, is also a research area," he added.

SK Hynix is also focusing on developing 'elemental technologies,' which refer to core technologies necessary for changes and improvements in future products. Improving semiconductor technology to reduce power consumption in the AI era is also an important task. Vice President Lee expressed his ambition, saying, "Global RTC aims to present the paradigm through which the future semiconductor industry will evolve. We will accelerate future research and development achievements to solidify the company's technological leadership."

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