[Joongboo] GAONCHIPS, System Semiconductor Design House... Provides a total solution from design to production (Apr 19, 2021)
Gaon Chips, System Semiconductor Design House... Provides a total solution from design to production
As ICT convergence technologies such as the Internet of Things, smart cars, and wearable devices are in full swing, intelligent semiconductors and system semiconductors that combine software have become the core of future industries. As system semiconductors, which had been recognized as hardware-oriented manufacturing, now have a ripple effect on the overall industry, interest in system semiconductors is rapidly increasing.
On the 5th, he met Jung Kyu-dong (49), CEO of GAONCHIPS, a system semiconductor design house located in Pangyo Silicon Park, Bundang-gu, Seongnam City, and heard about GAONCHIPS.
On the 5th, he met Jung Kyu-dong (49), CEO of GAONCHIPS, a system semiconductor design house located in Pangyo Silicon Park, Bundang-gu, Seongnam City, and heard about GAONCHIPS.
◇ Planning, design, production... 'GAONCHIPS' = 'GAONCHIPS', which provides system semiconductor solutions, was established in August 2012 and is a small and medium-sized company that has about 115 employees and annual sales of 22.79 billion won. After being certified as a promising small and medium-sized company in Gyeonggi Province in May 2019, it was selected as a small and medium-sized company certified by the Ministry of Employment and Labor last year.
GAONCHIPS is a system semiconductor design house that leads production of optimized semiconductors between fabless (design) companies and foundry (production) companies. In general, the production process of semiconductors is carried out by the design of fabless companies, the overall adjustment of design houses, and the manufacture of foundry companies.
"It would be the most ideal if manufacturers can manufacture it right away according to the drawings of semiconductor designers, but the designers' designs are close to the basic fabric and are somewhat far from the manufacturing process," said CEO Jung. "Design house is in charge of redesigning the design drawings for manufacturing so that they can be manufactured according to the manufacturers' processes."
GAONCHIPS has been in partnership with Samsung Electronics, Korea's leading manufacturer, since 2014, and has been building partnerships with major Korean design companies by winning the Best Design Partner award at the "1st Samsung Foundry Partners Day" in 2019.
GAONCHIPS is providing services based on its experience in 180nm to 5nm process in ASIC and SoC fields. In particular, it has co-developed photo and video semiconductor technologies with its customers and applied them to cameras for mobile and electronic devices to supply more than 400 million IC chips. Its main products include Automotive application, which can be applied to smart cameras for automotive, Image Recognition Processor (Recognition Processor), High-Pixel, Camera Processor (ISP IC), and NFC IC chip that can be applied to terminals for payment.
GAONCHIPS is a system semiconductor design house that leads production of optimized semiconductors between fabless (design) companies and foundry (production) companies. In general, the production process of semiconductors is carried out by the design of fabless companies, the overall adjustment of design houses, and the manufacture of foundry companies.
"It would be the most ideal if manufacturers can manufacture it right away according to the drawings of semiconductor designers, but the designers' designs are close to the basic fabric and are somewhat far from the manufacturing process," said CEO Jung. "Design house is in charge of redesigning the design drawings for manufacturing so that they can be manufactured according to the manufacturers' processes."
GAONCHIPS has been in partnership with Samsung Electronics, Korea's leading manufacturer, since 2014, and has been building partnerships with major Korean design companies by winning the Best Design Partner award at the "1st Samsung Foundry Partners Day" in 2019.
GAONCHIPS is providing services based on its experience in 180nm to 5nm process in ASIC and SoC fields. In particular, it has co-developed photo and video semiconductor technologies with its customers and applied them to cameras for mobile and electronic devices to supply more than 400 million IC chips. Its main products include Automotive application, which can be applied to smart cameras for automotive, Image Recognition Processor (Recognition Processor), High-Pixel, Camera Processor (ISP IC), and NFC IC chip that can be applied to terminals for payment.
◇ Competitiveness of GAONCHIPS, which has been maintained through creativity, technology, and trust = When asked about the background of Samsung Foundry's long-standing partnership and strategic work with numerous semiconductor design companies at home and abroad, CEO Jung chose the best talent pool in Korea without any worries. Due to the abundant talent pool with the nation's best technology, ▶small size ▶ low power consumption ▶ fast speed ▶ system semiconductor products with competitive price have not lost confidence in customers for a long time.
"The field that specializes in developing system semiconductors is an industry that can only be carried out by securing a lot of development experience and skilled high-end engineers in high-tech semiconductor processes and applications," CEO Jung said. "Technology to realize creative ideas of employees will soon lead to trust from customers."
"It is safe to say that our company is an engineer holding company led by engineers," CEO Jung said. "As engineers' technology is the most competitive, we are making sure that the opinions of engineers are reflected in all processes, including having a working environment and sharing opinions on the work process."
GAONCHIPS has chosen an optional flexible work system to divide semiconductor production work, which is somewhat complicated and can be manufactured through numerous stages, and to harmonize cooperation between organizations. On the background, he stressed, "As high-level employees are in charge of key project, we provide welfare such as bonuses and flexible work so that they can work with an owner's awareness."
In fact, GAONCHIPS has been certified as a youth-friendly small and medium-sized company by the Ministry of Employment and Labor and a leading job company in Gyeonggi Province. The composition of the workforce consisting of about 100 Korean engineers with abundant experience and skilled skills throughout the entire semiconductor process, including wireline process technology, has established itself as the biggest competitive power of GAONCHIPS.
GAONCHIPS plans to expand its number of professionals to 300 by 2023 by hiring more than 10 percent of its workforce and fostering talent every year. He said, "Since the company's foundation, we have steadily increased recruitment every year to train talented people who are perfect for our company, so we will continue to train talented people so that GAONCHIPS' talent pool can become the most competitive."
"The field that specializes in developing system semiconductors is an industry that can only be carried out by securing a lot of development experience and skilled high-end engineers in high-tech semiconductor processes and applications," CEO Jung said. "Technology to realize creative ideas of employees will soon lead to trust from customers."
"It is safe to say that our company is an engineer holding company led by engineers," CEO Jung said. "As engineers' technology is the most competitive, we are making sure that the opinions of engineers are reflected in all processes, including having a working environment and sharing opinions on the work process."
GAONCHIPS has chosen an optional flexible work system to divide semiconductor production work, which is somewhat complicated and can be manufactured through numerous stages, and to harmonize cooperation between organizations. On the background, he stressed, "As high-level employees are in charge of key project, we provide welfare such as bonuses and flexible work so that they can work with an owner's awareness."
In fact, GAONCHIPS has been certified as a youth-friendly small and medium-sized company by the Ministry of Employment and Labor and a leading job company in Gyeonggi Province. The composition of the workforce consisting of about 100 Korean engineers with abundant experience and skilled skills throughout the entire semiconductor process, including wireline process technology, has established itself as the biggest competitive power of GAONCHIPS.
GAONCHIPS plans to expand its number of professionals to 300 by 2023 by hiring more than 10 percent of its workforce and fostering talent every year. He said, "Since the company's foundation, we have steadily increased recruitment every year to train talented people who are perfect for our company, so we will continue to train talented people so that GAONCHIPS' talent pool can become the most competitive."
By reporter Yoon Jin-hyun
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