A Case Study on Technology Innovation in Korea - ex-President CHUN’s 4M DRAM Development Project Professor Minho KANG, Ph.D. ex-Research Coordinator, MOST Chief Executive, EncoreKorea Initiative KOREA 1Kazakhstan Innovation Congress 2014

Ph.D. in EE, The University of Texas at Austin, AT&T Bell Labs, ETRI, Optical Communications, MOST, Director General, Electronics Research, KT, EVP, R&D, Quality Assurance, Overseas Business, KAIST, Prof., ERC Director, Dean, VP, Prof. Emeritus, present Chair, Korea Optical Internet Forum, Founder and Chairs, International Conference on Optical Internet, present Founder and Chief Executive, EncoreKorea Initiative, 2011-present Members, NAEK, IEEE, IEEK Awards: Order of Civil Merit: Camellia(1982), Technology Grand Prize(1991), COIN Award(2008), ICU Best Research Award(2008) Order of Science Merit: Tech. Innovation(2011) Contacts: Kazakhstan Innovation Congress 2014 Minho KANG 2

Korea: 50 Years and 4M DRAM 3Kazakhstan Innovation Congress 2014

4M DRAM Project , USD 100M Multi-Ministry Project –MOST, MOC, MCI, EPB Industry Consortium –Samsung, Hyundai, LG Groups Goal-oriented R&D with GRI Leadership No. 1 Global MS since Kazakhstan Innovation Congress 2014

Why Memory Device? 4 th 5year Plan( ) –Technology Innovation (Semiconductor, ICT) “Rice” for ICT and Other Industries Japan, USA led “Winner Takes All” Market Local Development: 256k DRAM –1.5 year Gap Korea Needed Breakthrough 5Kazakhstan Innovation Congress 2014

Goal and Expectations 4M DRAM with 0.8 Micron Line Width 6 month gap by early % Global MS by early 1990’s. 1 st Stage2 nd Stage3 rd Stage Development Term ‘ – ‘87. 3.‘ – ‘88. 3.‘ – ‘ Target Technology 1.25 micron 1 M DRAM 1.0 micron 4 M DRAM 0.8 micron 4 M DRAM 6Kazakhstan Innovation Congress 2014

Key Players MOST Research Coordinator’s Office ETRI: Project Leader with All Authority Industry Consortium –Samsung, Hyundai, LG Multi-Ministry Support –MOC, MCI, EPB President CHUN’s Blessing –Approval, Care 7Kazakhstan Innovation Congress 2014

Basic Principles Everybody is Winner Strong Leadership of ETRI Cooperation and Competition Mobilize Every National Resource Find the Short – Cut Route –Divided Research: Process, Inspection Tech. –Joint Research: Design, Test Vehicle –Individual Research: Product Development 8Kazakhstan Innovation Congress 2014

Fund Raising 1 USD= KRW(1988) Total Budget: 100M USD –Goal-oriented R&D : 10B KRW –KT : 20B KRW –Petroleum Fund : 20B KRW –Ind. Consortium : 10B KRW –Ind. Facility Purchase: 28B KRW 9Kazakhstan Innovation Congress 2014

Progress 4M DRAM Engineering Sample Die on February, 1988 –President CHUN Blue House –Invited some 30 Key Contributing Members from Ministries, ETRI, 3 company members Now Korea is No. 1 st in Global MS –DRAM, LCD, 3D TV, Smart Phone, –Broadband Internet Penetration,…… Opening Creative Economy Paradigm 10Kazakhstan Innovation Congress 2014

President CHUN’s Project Approval Document August 22, 1988 Process –MOST->MOC->MIC->EPB-> BH President’s memo – ETRI President, as PM of this 4M DRAM project, takes full authority over all R&D manpowers. –Three companies are bounded together by a common destiny and should follow and cooperate the direction of the PM. Implication –Delegate the authority to one, ETRI. –Three rival “Chaeboel” cooperate for one goal in technology. –KSF-> called a President Project Kazakhstan Innovation Congress

Kazakhstan Innovation Congress The First 4M DRAM( ) 64M DRAM(1992) 256M DRAM(1994)

Key Success Factors Government’s Forward-looking Vision –Long term 5-year plan( ) –GRI, MOST –S&T led Economy Growth Policy –System-minded Technocrats and Brains Korean “Chaeboel” System –Speedy Decision, Mobilize Huge Resources –Well trained engineers from Home and Abroad Global Standards, Markets 13Kazakhstan Innovation Congress 2014

Implication for SPAIID Kazakhstan Is Ready –President Nazarbayev’s Attention on Technology and Industry Innovation –1 st SPAIID Experience –NATD, KIDI, “Bolashak” program, Technocrats EncoreKorea Initiative ( –Experience Sharing and Expert Exchange –EncoreKorea Initiative – NATD MoU ( ) 14Kazakhstan Innovation Congress 2014

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