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  • 2021

    Sep. Carbon Capture Research Institute newly established

  • 2019

    Jan. Particulate Matter Research Institute newly established

  • 2018

    Oct. AI&SW Research Center newly established​

  • 2014

    Mar. SAIT moved to Suwon research complex for research synergy​

  • 2011

    Dec. World class 8" Fab for nano-scale research inaugurated​

  • 2010

    Sep. New research culture announced at SAIT aiming to achieve status as a global top-rank research center​

    Jul. Common, interdisciplinary materials research infrastructure established​

  • 2009

    Jul. New SAIT vision, "Changing the World through Creative Research", announced

  • 2008

    May SAIT merged into SEC and reorganized as the Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology

  • 2005

    Oct. Asian MAKE Award conferred on SAIT for excellence in knowledge management​

  • 2004

    Nov. First Samsung Conference held discussing future technology trends with invited global experts

  • 2002

    Jan. Samsung Fellow and Master systems introduced for formal recognition of research excellence​

  • 2001

    Nov. First annual Samsung Tech Fair, sharing Samsung's innovative new technology, is held​​

    Mar. SEC central research center, Yokohama research center merged with SAIT​​

  • 1999​

    Nov. SAIT R&D Standard Process activated​

  • 1998

    Mar. Specialized HR system for R&D introduced​​

  • 1997

    May SAIT's long-term development plan established

  • 1992

    Apr. SAIT Supercomputer installed for high level research in structural and electronic engineering

  • 1989

    Jun. Computer Aided Engineering introduced as a key R&D methodology​

  • 1987

    Oct. SAIT founded as Samsung Group's R&D Hub​

  • 2022

    A crossbar array of magnetoresistive memory devices for in-memory computing (Nature)​

  • 2021

    Neuromorphic electronics based on copying and pasting the brain (Nature Electronics) ​

    Standalone real-time health monitoring patch based on a stretchable organic optoelectronic system (Science Advances) ​

  • 2020

    Slim-panel holgraphic video display (Nature Communication)

    Metasurface-driven OLED displays beyond 10,000 PPI (Science)

    High-energy long-cycling all-solid-state lithium metal batteries (Nature Energy) ​​

  • 2019

    Developed SAMSUNG‘s first NPU for Exynos 9820 with System LSI ​

    Samsung’s On-Device AI Lightweight Algorithm (CVPR) ​

    Highly efficient and stable quantum dot light-emitting diodes (Nature) ​​

  • 2018

    Intelligent Scan combied iris scan and face recognition (Galaxy S9, S9 plus) ​

  • 2017

    Face authentication technology with high accuracy completed and applied to Galaxy S8/Note8 ​

    Realization of Continuous Zachariasen Carbon Monolayer (Science Advances) ​

    Highly Stretchable Polymer Semiconductor Films through Nanoconfinement Effect (Science) ​

  • 2016

    Miniature optical planar camera based on a wide-angle metasurface doublet corrected for monochromatic aberrations (Nature Communications) ​

    Intrinsically Stretchable, Mechanically Robust and Healable Semiconducting Polymer for Skin-Inspired Wearable Organic Transistor (Nature) ​

    Design of efficient molecular organic light-emitting diodes by a high-throughput virtual screening and experimental approach (Nature Materials) ​

    Discovery of Abnormal Lithium Storage Sites in a New Class Electrode Material(Nature Communications)

  • 2015

    Nanoscale control of phonon excitations in graphene (Nature Communications) ​

    Silicon carbide-free graphene growth on silicon for lithium-ion battery with high volumetric energy density (Nature Communications) ​

    Dense dislocation arrays embedded in grain boundaries for high-performance bulk thermoelectrics (in Science)

    Speech recognition technology with high accuracy completed and applied to Galaxy Note5

    Quantum Dot display developed and applied in SUHD(Samsung Ultra High Definition) TV

  • 2014

    High performance Green phosphorescent OLED Materials developed and applied to Galaxy Note4 ​

  • 2013

    Separation membrane using cross-layer thickness of graphene sheet developed(in Science)

    Several problems of ReRAM including current density,temperature stability etc. improved(in Nature Communications)

    The switching mechanism of ReRAM using in-situ TEM analysis technology identified(in Nature Communications)

    GaN device transferred to biz division

  • 2012

    Biosimilar technology transferred to biz division

    New graphene transistor developed (in Science)

    Oxide semiconductor photosensor completed (in Nature Materials)

  • 2011

    Research directions for Graphene electronics proposed (in Nature)

    Realizing GaN LED on Glass presented (in Nature Photonics)

    New structure that dramatically increases the durability of ReRam completed(in Nature Materials)

    Full-color Quantum Dot display completed (in Nature Photonics)

  • 2010

    Wireless Power Transmission Platform developed

  • 2009

    Solar cell technology transferred as an initiator of solar cell business

    High-Performance Hybrid Quantum-Dot Light Emitting Diodes completed(in Nature Photonics)

    High efficiency thermoelectric materials completed (in Nature)

    Large-scale synthesis of graphene films completed (in Nature)

  • 2007

    White LED developed and is leading the world's LED TV market

  • 2006

    MIMO (Multiple Input Multiple Output) and OFDM technology completed

  • 2003

    Color Signal Processing enhanced competition for DTV & mobile display, printer and camera

  • 1999

    World's first carbon nano-tube field emission display completed

  • 1998

    MPEG4 Coding Technologies selected as the international standard

  • 1996

    Color LBP technology developed and enabled Samsung's first color laser printer

    DVD player technology developed as a groundwork of blue-ray optical recording

  • 1993

    CT2/GSM seeding technology developed for GSM Market

  • 1992

    Epoxy Molding Compound for DRAMs developed as seed technology in electronic material

  • 1991

    MLCC Powder developed as seed technology in material & device