The Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) has achieved the maximum number of excellent national R&D outcomes for three consecutive years, building a cumulative monument of 134 selected technologies.

ETRI announced on the 10th that 10 ETRI technologies were selected in the "2021 National R&D Excellence Awards 100" announced recently by the Ministry of Science and ICT.

ETRI has been recognized for its superior research competitiveness by producing the largest number of technologies among single institutions for three consecutive years.

This year, 8 technologies in the information and electronics field and 2 technologies in the convergence technology field were selected.

The selected technologies were derived from various ICT research fields that ETRI is conducting, including artificial intelligence, communications, media, digital twin, and convergence research.

First, large-capacity memory computing technology (Principal Researcher Kim Kang-ho) that enables large-scale scientific computation and data analysis without using supercomputers has been recognized.

The research team conducted international research cooperation (MOU) with U.S. Silicon Valley software-defined server company TidalScale and achieved results including registration of 2 international patents, filing of 3 domestic patents, and publication of 9 papers in top-tier international conferences and SCI-grade journals.

In particular, this technology is scheduled to be sold as a commercial product through Intel distribution channels in the Asia-Pacific and Indian markets in early next year.

3D city model renewal and support technology (Principal Researcher Jang In-sung), which is essential for implementing virtual training, digital twin, and metaverse, was also selected.

This technology can create, renew, and provide immersive high-precision 3D spatial information to meet various demands requiring immersive spatial information content, and author and provide immersive 3D city models.

This research is a multi-ministry collaborative project where demand sources and supply sources cooperate closely from planning to implementation, and demonstration was conducted together with the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of the Interior and Safety last year.

As a result, it is expected to provide significant support in enhancing competitiveness in new industries such as smart cities and related convergence industries through improving 3D city model quality, preventing duplicate investments through common data construction, and enhancing application industry competitiveness.

Several artificial intelligence technologies, which are key to the fourth industrial revolution, have also been selected.

△On-device computing software technology enabling AI operation inside smart devices (Principal Researcher Kim Jeong-si) △Voice recognition fundamental technology for multi-party conference recording and information services (Principal Researcher Park Jeon-gyu) △Visual intelligence fundamental technology for precise understanding of human behavior (Principal Researcher Bae Yoo-seok) and others have drawn attention as selected excellence achievements.

Additionally, △intelligent multi-network optimization technology (Principal Researcher Park Hye-sook) △ultra-low latency/loss-free guarantee network core technology (Principal Researcher Jung Tae-sik) △world's first 5G millimeter-wave based bus Wi-Fi technology (Principal Researcher Jung Hee-sang) and others have received the honor of selection as excellence achievements in core communications and media technologies.

There have also been results achieved through convergence research among research institutes.

△Gallium nitride (GaN) switch and chipset integrated circuit for radar transceiver (Principal Researcher Lim Jong-won) △self-learning domain knowledge fusion artificial intelligence technology (Principal Researcher Pyo Chul-sik) and others are recognized as practical industrial technologies that will provide significant capability in solving national livelihood issues.

Since the system was implemented in 2006, ETRI has had 134 technologies recognized in national R&D excellence awards in information, electronics, and other fields.

These technologies have not only undergone advancement through follow-up research but have also been evaluated as playing significant roles in revitalizing the industrial ecosystem through technology transfer and technology-based ventures.