| "The
Role of Semiconductors in the Next IT Era"
April 14, 2004
Dr.
Chang-Gyu Hwang
President & CEO, Semiconductor Business,
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
On April 14, 2004,
Dr. Chang-Gyu Hwang presented his talk, "The Role of Semiconductors
in the Next IT Era," at the Massachusetts Room of the Mullins Center,
University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Abstract: As we enter the nanotechnology era, a big shift in paradigm
comes to the semiconductor industry. The traditional computer industry
for dynamic RAM is expected to mature its memory-bit consumption with
a relatively low growth rate. Meanwhile, memory consumption and high-density
memory usage in mobile handsets and digital consumer applications will
grow very fast. For these new applications, NAND Flash memory will be
the key enabling technology, and its easy scaling and multibit/cell
capabilities require a new memory growth model. The well-known Moore’s
law still holds for most cases after the quarter-century history of
the integrated circuit industry. However, the paradigm shift in the
memory industry requires a new memory growth model: “a twofold
increase per year in memory density.” The lecture will cover some
details of recent semiconductor technologies, application trends, the
proposed new memory growth model and will also focus on the synergy
effect of memory and system large-scale integration LSI products like
MCP, SIP and SoC.
Dr.
Hwang is an alumnus of UMass Amherst (EE '85) and has been with Samsung
Electronics since 1989; his responsibilities include research, development,
and manufacturing of all semiconductors, OMS (Optical Media Solution)
and HDD (Hard Disk Drive) products.
Dr. Hwang was selected
as “One of the 25 Stars of Asia” by BusinessWeek
in 2003 and was listed as one of the top three contributors in science
and technology in “Top Fifty Contributors to Korean History for
the Last Fifty Years” by JoongAng Newspaper in Korea
in 1995.
He has authored more than 50 technical papers in international journals
and conferences and holds several international patents related to semiconductor
design and process. He was elected an IEEE fellow in 2002 and serves
actively as a senior member of the IEEE Electron Device Society and
the Circuit and System Society. His paper titled “Nanotechnology
Enables a New Memory Growth Model” appeared on “Proceedings
of the IEEE” 2003 November publication.
Each year the University of Massachusetts Amherst Alumni Association
recognizes members of the UMass Amherst family for outstanding personal
or professional success. On Thursday, April 15, Dr. Hwang will be presented
with a 2004 Distinguished Alumnus Award at a special ceremony at the
State House in Boston. The award will honor Dr. Hwang's prominent role
in international business and his distinguished service to the technology
industry.
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