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The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, together with related ministries, held the ‘AI Era, K-Semiconductor Vision and Development Strategy Report’. The meeting announced visions and strategies for Korea to become the world’s second strongest semiconductor country. The strategy includes creating the world’s largest and best semiconductor cluster, fostering system semiconductors, establishing a semiconductor graduate school, and constructing the Southern Semiconductor Innovation Belt.
The meeting overview included around 40 attendees, with government bodies such as the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, the Ministry of Strategy and Finance, and the Ministry of Science and ICT participating. Major companies like Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix, Jusung Engineering, and Dongjin Semichem attended, and academia was represented by Seoul National University, Gachon University, and Seoul City University. The strategy announcements addressed changes in the semiconductor industry’s landscape in the AI era and Korea’s vision and strategy for semiconductor industry development.
Minister Kim Jung-Gwan of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy presented the semiconductor industry strategy for the AI era, detailing key objectives. He emphasized maintaining super gap technology in memory and creating a new gap in AI specialized technology. Plans include investing heavily in NPU development, establishing a collaborative foundry, fostering the world’s No. 1 material and component industries, establishing a semiconductor graduate school, and building the Southern Semiconductor Innovation Belt.
During the discussion, experts emphasized the need to strengthen competitiveness in system semiconductors and materials and components sectors. Chip manufacturing companies highlighted the importance of promoting semiconductor cluster investments and creating systemic improvements like the National Growth Fund. Fabless companies stressed the necessity of on-device NPU and requested active government support.