Ki-Nam Kim

Dr. Kinam Kim is the head of Samsung Electronics Device Solutions Division, overseeing global operations of the memory, System LSI and foundry business units.

Under Dr. Kim's leadership, Samsung’s memory business continues to maintain its top market share and technology leadership with first-to-market products in DRAM, NAND flash and solid state drives (SSD) for more than a decade. Samsung’s system LSI Business also demonstrates excellence in logic IC products such as application processors (AP), modem chipsets, CMOS image sensors and display driver ICs for a wide range of applications. In addition, the newly-formed foundry business is a leader in advanced logic process and specialty technologies, such as radio frequency (RF), industry's first high-k metal gate (HKMG) transistor, and 14-nanometer (nm) and 10nm FinFET process technologies. His contributions, leadership and strategic vision have paved the way for Samsung’s role as a technology leader in the semiconductor industry.

Dr. Kim has been a driving force at Samsung for more than 35 years since he joined the company in 1981. Prior to his current role, he has served in numerous leadership positions including President and CEO of Samsung Display Co. and Samsung advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT) where he spearheaded the research and development of frontier technologies that have significantly impacted not only the semiconductor industry but also adjacent industries, such as quantum dots, graphene, carbon nanotubes and advanced materials.

Dr. Kim has published more than 470 technical papers in top academic journals, including several papers in Nature and Science, and holds more than 360 international and domestic patents. He is a member of the US National Academy of Engineering, an IEEE Fellow as well as an executive board member of the National Academy of Engineering of Korea. His contributions to the semiconductor industry have been recognized, and some of the latest recognitions include "IMEC Lifetime Achievement Award" in 2017 and "Flash Memory Summit Lifetime Achievement Award" in 2016, "The Korea Science & Technology Award" in 2019.1)

Dr. Kim received his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Seoul National University in 1981, M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) in 1983, and his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) in 1994.