27-28 August 2025
Suwon
CTO
Dr. Kim is the CTO of Absolics, a spun-off semiconductor packaging business from SK Group in the USA. With 31 years of experience in the semiconductor and microelectronic packaging industry, Dr. Kim leads new technology and business development for advanced semiconductor packaging solutions at Absolics. Prior to Absolics, he held executive positions in various companies and countries, including SKC, Georgia Institute of Technology, Foxconn Advanced Technology, Daeduck Electronics, UTAC, and Amkor Technology. Throughout his career, Dr. Kim managed package engineering, substrate manufacturing, and embedding component microelectronic package engineering. He has over 200 US patents and holds a doctorate in electrical engineering from the Technical University of Dresden, Germany.
Absolics is a leading provider of advanced packaging technologies and services, offering scalable solutions for businesses of high-performance computing. We offer smart, innovative services to dozens of clients globally.
Manager of Electro-Optics Group
Since its founding in 1993, NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA) has been a pioneer in accelerated computing. The company’s invention of the GPU in 1999 sparked the growth of the PC gaming market, redefined computer graphics, ignited the era of modern AI and is fueling the creation of the metaverse. NVIDIA is now a full-stack computing company with data-center-scale offerings that are reshaping industry.
Corporate VP, Head of PKG TD Team
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. engages in the manufacturing and selling of electronics and computer peripherals. The company operates through following business divisions: Consumer Electronics, Information Technology & Mobile Communications and Device Solutions. The Consumer Electronics business division provides cable television, monitor, printer, air-conditioners, refrigerators, washing machines and medical devices. The Information Technology & Mobile Communications business division offers handheld products, communication systems, computers and digital cameras. The Device Solutions business division comprises of memory, system large scale integrated circuit and foundry. The company was founded on January 13, 1969 and is headquartered in Suwon, South Korea.
SVP and Head of PKG Development
Dr. Lee has been one of critical leaders who are leading the era of 3D TSV stack memory such as HBM (High Bandwidth Memory) in semiconductor industry.
He has contributed broadly to, and led teams in, 3D integration/packaging R&D including core technology/product development/reliability study and mass production for HBM over 27 years.
Dr. Lee received the Ph.D. degree in machine intelligence and systems engineering from Tohoku University, Japan, in 2000. During his doctoral research at Tohoku University,Dr. Lee proposed a new 3D-IC integration technology to achieve 3D devices with high performance and multi-functionality, leading this field in the world.
From 2001 to 2002, he was a Postdoctoral Researcher with the Department of Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, USA.
He worked with Memory Division, Samsung Electronics Ltd., Korea, as a Principal Engineer from 2002 to 2008.
From 2008 to 2016, he worked with the New Industry Creation Hatchery Center (NICHe), Tohoku University, Japan, as a Professor.
From 2017 to 2018, he worked with R&D center, Amkor Technology Korea, as a VP.
He joined SK hynix 2018 and currently Senior VP, Head of PKG Development at SK Hynix, Korea.
Dr. Lee has led many interdisciplinary R&D programs on 3D integration, including integration of various materials and devices to achieve 3D devices/systems with high performance and new functionality, 3D-IC reliability research to investigate the impacts of 3D integration on the device performance and reliability, unique hybrid integration of nano-materials with Si, and product development of 3D stack DRAM such as high-bandwidth memory (HBM). For over 27 years at universities and industries in Japan, US, and Korea, Dr. Lee has made exceptional technical contributions to and lasting impacts on 3D integration technology and 3D product development in broad fields, such as material science, materials characterization/analysis, semiconductor device/process, electrical packaging, and Si micro-machining.
Dr. Lee has authored more than 230 scientific publications (peered journals, international conferences), co-edited 4 books, and given 43 tutorial/invited/keynote talks in international conferences including IEEE IEDM, IEEE IRPS, VLSI Symposium, plus 23 US patent publications.
He has served as a frequent reviewer for a number of journals, including IEEE EDL, IEEE T- ED, IEEE CPMT, and technical program committees of international conferences, including IEEE ECTC, IEEE IRPS, IEEE EDTM, IEEE 3D SIC.
He is a Senior Member of IEEE.
An AI First Mover Leading the Global AI Memory Era
With our global technology leadership, SK hynix aims to provide greater value to all stakeholders, including our customers, partner companies, investors, local communities, and employees.
Moreover, we are working to strengthen our ESG management to create even more value, by moving away from the conventional business model of seeking only economic benefits, in pursuit of more social value and a healthier governance structure.
SK hynix will grow into a Full Stack AI Memory Provider, offering customized solutions tailored to the diverse needs of global customers, covering both DRAM and NAND flash, in the era of full-scale AI.
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