A Case Study on Technology
Innovation in Korea
- ex-President CHUN’s 4M DRAM Development Project -
2014. 5. 22
Professor Minho KANG, Ph.D.
ex-Research Coordinator, MOST
Chief Executive, EncoreKorea Initiative
KOREA
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Minho KANG
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Ph.D. in EE, The University of Texas at Austin, 1973-1977
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AT&T Bell Labs, ETRI, Optical Communications, 1978-1989
MOST, Director General, Electronics Research, 1985-1988
KT, EVP, R&D, Quality Assurance, Overseas Business, 1990-1998
KAIST, Prof., ERC Director, Dean, VP, Prof. Emeritus, 1999- present
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Chair, Korea Optical Internet Forum, 2003- 2012
Founder and Chairs, International Conference on Optical
Internet, 2002- present
Founder and Chief Executive, EncoreKorea Initiative, 2011-present
Members, NAEK, IEEE, IEEK
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Awards:
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Contacts: minhokang@kaist.ac.kr, +82-10-2803-6136
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)
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Korea: 50 Years and 4M DRAM
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4M DRAM Project
• 1986-1989, 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 1993
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Why Memory Device?
• 4th 5year Plan(1977-1981)
– 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
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Goal and Expectations
• 4M DRAM with 0.8 Micron Line Width
1st Stage
2nd Stage
3rd Stage
Development ‘86. 8. – ‘87. 3. ‘87. 4. – ‘88. 3. ‘88. 4. – ‘89. 3.
Term
Target
Technology
1.25 micron
1 M DRAM
1.0 micron
4 M DRAM
0.8 micron
4 M DRAM
• 6 month gap by early 1988
• 11% Global MS by early 1990’s.
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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
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Basic Principles
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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
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Fund Raising
• 1 USD= 800-900 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
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Progress
• 4M DRAM Engineering Sample Die on
February, 1988
– President CHUN Congratulations @ Blue House
– Invited some 30 Key Contributing Members
from Ministries, ETRI, 3 company members
• Now Korea is No. 1st in Global MS
– DRAM, LCD, 3D TV, Smart Phone,
– Broadband Internet Penetration,……
• Opening Creative Economy Paradigm
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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
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The First 4M
DRAM(1988.2.
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64M DRAM(1992)
256M DRAM(1994)
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Key Success Factors
• Government’s Forward-looking Vision
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Long term 5-year plan(1962-1990)
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
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Implication for SPAIID 2015-2019
• Kazakhstan Is Ready
– President Nazarbayev’s Attention on
Technology and Industry Innovation
– 1st SPAIID 2011-2014 Experience
– NATD, KIDI, “Bolashak” program, Technocrats
• EncoreKorea Initiative
(www.encorekorea.com)
– Experience Sharing and Expert Exchange
– EncoreKorea Initiative – NATD MoU (2014.
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