Making a Semiconductor Superpower

ISBN-13: 9781032406046 / Twarda / 2023 / 240 str.

USA Maryland Baltimore Dong-Won (Johns Hopkins University

Opis

This book provides the readers with real stories of the South Korean semiconductor community. It explores the lives of seven influential semiconductor engineers that all worked or studied at KAIST in South Korea, under the mentorship of Dr. Kim Choong-Ki and became known as Kim's Mafia.

Spis treści

List of Abbreviations. Note on Romanization of Korean. Preface. Introduction. 1. Historical Background: Science and Technology in South Korea, KAIST, and the Semiconductor Industry. Part I Mentor  2. Godfather of the South Korean Semiconductor Community: Kim Choong-Ki. Part II Mentees  3. Teacher, Chip Designer, Patron of Startups, and Spokesperson: Kyung Chong-Min. 4. Mr. NAND Flash: Lim Hyung-Kyu. 5. Exploring New Semiconductor Areas: Cho Byung-Jin. 6. Master of TFT-LCD and OLED: Ha Yong-Min. 7. Treasure of SK Hynix: Park Sung-Kye. 8. Engineer-Entrepreneur: Chung Han. Epilogue: Who Will Become the Next Kim Choong- Ki?. References. Bibliography. Index.

O autorze

Dong-Won Kim is a historian of science and technology. After receiving his Ph.D. in the history of science from Harvard University in 1991, he was a professor and dean at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST). He has also taught at Johns Hopkins, Harvard, the National University of Singapore, and the University of Pennsylvania as a visiting professor or lecturer. His major research fields are the history of physics and the history of science and technology in Korea and Japan. He has published several papers on these subjects, as well as two monographs: Leadership and Creativity: A History of the Cavendish Laboratory, 1871–1919 (Springer, 2002) and Yoshio Nishina: Father of Modern Physics in Japan (Taylor & Francis, 2007). His next project is on cosmic ray research in the first half of the twentieth century.