Professor Joungho Kim of our School has been selected as the recipient of the 7th Hanyang Baeknam Award in 2025.
The Hanyang Baeknam Award was established to honor and further develop the spirit of Dr. Yeonjun Kim (pen name Baeknam), the founder of Hanyang University. The award carries a total prize of 150 million KRW distributed among the laureates.
Professor Joungho Kim is the pioneer who established the fundamental concept and architecture of High Bandwidth Memory (HBM)—the core technology behind the world’s first successfully commercialized AI semiconductor. He has played a leading role in driving the growth of Korea’s semiconductor industry, including Samsung Electronics and SK hynix, and is recognized as a world-renowned scholar in the field of AI semiconductors.
Professor Kim has presented the “Next-Generation HBM Roadmap (HBM4–HBM8),” providing a technological vision through 2038, and has contributed to securing leadership in international standardization and technology development. In February, he received the 8th Dawon Kahng Award (Circuits and Systems field) in recognition of his achievements in HBM technology development.
Over the past 30 years, he has published 712 papers on HBM in international journals and conference proceedings, received 34 best paper awards, and advised 115 master’s and doctoral graduates, significantly contributing to nurturing high-level semiconductor talent in Korea. He has also actively promoted international technological exchange through collaborations with global big tech companies such as Google, NVIDIA, Apple, and Tesla.
