Kwak Dong-shin, Vice Chairman of Hanmi Semiconductor, Promoted to Chairman After 17 Years

Gwak Dong-shin, Vice Chairman and CEO of Hanmi Semiconductor, has been promoted to Chairman after 17 years.

Hanmi Semiconductor announced on the 16th that it had promoted Vice Chairman Gwak to the new position of Chairman.

Chairman Gwak joined Hanmi Semiconductor in 1998 and has led the company as Vice Chairman since 2007. Established in 1980, Hanmi Semiconductor has grown into a global company with approximately 320 customers worldwide, thanks to Chairman Gwak's continuous investment in research and development and prioritizing customer satisfaction in providing products and services.

Kwak Dong-shin, Chairman of Hanmi Semiconductor, announcing the launch of the new TC Bonder product. Hanmi Semiconductor

Chairman Gwak emphasized, "With the rapid growth of the artificial intelligence (AI) market, the global high-bandwidth memory (HBM) market is exploding every year. Nvidia's next-generation product 'Blackwell,' a leader in AI semiconductors, is also produced using Hanmi Semiconductor's TC bonder, and Hanmi Semiconductor, the world's number one in HBM TC bonders, maintains its status and competitiveness without change."

The TC bonder is a core process equipment for HBM used in AI semiconductors and is a key product of Hanmi Semiconductor.

On the same day, Chairman Gwak personally announced the launch of the new equipment, the 'TC Bonder Griffin Super Bonding Head.' He explained, "The newly introduced TC Bonder Griffin Super Bonding Head is a new TC bonder product for next-generation HBM production, featuring a new bonding head that significantly improves productivity and precision in stacking semiconductor chips." He added, "It is expected to be actively utilized in the next-generation HBM production of global semiconductor customers and will greatly contribute to sales next year."

Work has also begun to provide local customer services. Chairman Gwak stated, "In preparation for the expanding demand in the AI-dedicated chip market of major U.S. big tech (M7) companies, we are establishing a U.S. corporation and selecting agents capable of providing after-sales service (A/S) to local customers to offer close support to key customers in the U.S."

M7 refers to the seven large technology stocks among the Standard & Poor's (S&P) 500 companies, meaning Apple, Microsoft, Google Alphabet, Amazon, Nvidia, Meta, and Tesla.

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