Domestic semiconductor researchers from industry, academia, and research institutes gathered en masse to share achievements in the fields of semiconductor devices, design, and processes, and to strengthen their cooperation networks.

The Ministry of Science and ICT (Minister Bae Gyeong-hun) and the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (Minister Kim Jeong-kwan) jointly held the '2025 Next-Generation Intelligent Semiconductor Technology Development Project Integrated Technology Exchange Meeting' in Jeju for two days from October 27 to 28.

This event is hosted by the Next Generation Intelligent Semiconductor Project Group (Director Kim Hyung-joon) and is attended by approximately 550 researchers from industry, academia, and research institutes representing the domestic semiconductor field, providing a venue to share research achievements and technology trends and strengthen cooperation networks.

The Next-Generation Intelligent Semiconductor Technology Development Project is a national strategic project that will invest a total of 1.0096 trillion won over 10 years from 2020 to 2029 to develop core technologies such as semiconductor devices, design, manufacturing, and processes.

This year, notable achievements were made, such as Seoul National University developing wafer-level implementation technology for 2D ultra-low voltage switching transistors, Rebellion developing a 2,000 TFLOPS-class AI deep learning processor and module for servers, Optorain developing a CIS and AI-based fluorescence live cell imaging platform, and Exicon developing 1x nm-class DDI semiconductor test equipment.

Over the past 5 years, a total of 1,426 through this projectIndustrial and academic achievements were also made, including patent applications, 1,440 SCIE papers published, 1,343 design IPs secured, and 1,628 new jobs created.

92 lead organizations and 293 collaborating research institutions, including Rebellion, Furiosa AI, Seoul National University, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Tess, ICD, and Jaram Technology, participated in this exchange meeting and presented their research status.

In addition, meetings were held between experts from the projects and specialized agencies such as the National Research Foundation of Korea, the Korea Institute of Information & Communication Technology Planning & Evaluation, and the Korea Institute of Science and Technology Planning & Evaluation, thereby strengthening the foundation for cooperation between researchers and institutions.

In particular, the National Research Foundation of Korea encouraged the participation of researchers in the semiconductor field by providing them with information on future support directions and policies through a briefing session on new R&D projects.

"Now that we have passed the halfway point of the 10-year project, our achievements have made a significant contribution to the government's revitalization of the semiconductor R&D ecosystem," said Kim Hyung-joon, head of the Next Generation Intelligent Semiconductor Project Group. "We will continue to generate advanced technological results and pursue securing a super-gap in national semiconductor technology through close coordination with government policies."