Samsung Electronics will demolish SR5, the Institute of Advanced Technology on the Giheung campus, a symbolic space for research and development in semiconductors. A new research building is expected to be established there later.
According to the industry on the 1st, Samsung Electronics is in the midst of demolishing the SR5 building on the Giheung campus. The demolition has been underway since Sep. last year and is expected to be completed in the first half.
The site is known to have played a significant role in research when Samsung Electronics developed the world's first 64-megabit (Mb) DRAM in 1992.
Samsung Electronics is said to plan to demolish the old SR5 structure and build a new research building there, as the SR5 facilities have aged. The new building is expected to focus on research related to AI memory, including high bandwidth memory (HBM), where competition has recently intensified.
Groundbreaking for the new research building could happen as early as this year. As a core base for Samsung's semiconductor research, the Giheung campus is expected to take on an even more important role.
Earlier, at the end of 2024, Samsung Electronics completed and began operating NRD-K, an advanced integrated semiconductor research and development center, on the Giheung campus.
Lee Jae-yong, chairman of Samsung Electronics, visited NRD-K on the Giheung campus in Dec. last year to review competitiveness in next-generation semiconductor technologies. Lee reviewed the status of next-generation R&D facilities and the competitiveness of next-generation products and technologies, including ▲ memory ▲ foundry ▲ system semiconductors.