{"41543":{"#nid":"41543","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Samsung Announces Design Center at Georgia Tech","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Samsung Electro-Mechanics Company, Ltd. (SEM) has announced the establishment of a Georgia-based design center to develop next-generation radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC) technology. SEM is a corporation within the SAMSUNG group, a global leader in semiconductor, telecommunication, digital media and digital convergence technologies. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe center is expected to become the company\u0027s principal North American research location. The new center\u0027s initial focus will emphasize high-speed RFIC technologies and expertise, including providing leadership to industry-critical activities that are setting worldwide standards for next-generation products. As the center grows, it will impact the entire Samsung product line, including communications, consumer and semiconductor products. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EChang-Ho Lee, formerly with the Georgia Institute of Technology\u0027s Georgia Electronic Design Center (GEDC), has been named director of the new design center. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Samsung is one of today\u0027s top electronics companies,\u0022 said Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue. \u0022We are pleased that Samsung has chosen Georgia for this new design center, and we look forward to having them as part of Georgia\u0027s growing economy.\u0022 \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOfficials of the South Korean company cited the opportunity to collaborate with Georgia Tech researchers and support from the GEDC as their primary reason for choosing an Atlanta location for the new design center. Samsung has had a successful research interaction with Georgia Tech for almost a decade. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The opening of this RFIC Design Center is just the starting point with Georgia Tech and the state of Georgia and it will expand our ability to play an even greater role in bringing high function, high quality and low cost products to the world marketplace,\u0022 said Dr. Byeongcheon Koh, chief technical officer of SEM. \u0022Locating in Atlanta and partnering with Georgia Tech assures us of access to both the best faculty and student researchers. We have been most impressed with the support being offered by the state of Georgia and the welcome we are receiving here at the university.\u0022 \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology President Wayne Clough welcomed the announcement, noting that Georgia Tech is a world-class center for research and enjoys an excellent reputation in the area of RF integrated circuits and related technology. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The Georgia Electronic Design Center, in partnership with our School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, is a world leader in technology for mixed-signal electronics,\u0022 Clough noted. \u0022As wireless devices and RFIC technology become increasingly important to our economy, these resources will continue to attract companies, top researchers and the best students to Georgia Tech and Atlanta.\u0022 \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe new design center will initially be housed at the GEDC, located in Georgia Tech\u0027s Technology Square campus in midtown Atlanta. As it expands over the next few years, the company plans to extend its cooperation with Georgia Tech and Atlanta to include packaging technology. In addition to the economic impact from the center\u0027s personnel, Samsung\u0027s expanded interaction with Georgia Tech would boost the already-strong research collaboration. The activity will also provide new opportunities for Georgia Tech students to gain real-world design experience and open up the potential for additional collaborative activities in topics such as cognitive radio and power amplifiers, already strong research areas for Georgia Tech. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAbout SEM: Samsung Electro-Mechanics was established in 1973 as a manufacturer of key electronic components, and the company has grown into one of the industry leaders, thanks to cutting-edge technology and top product quality. SEM pioneered the technological framework for Korean production of A\/V components and the company diversified into materials and computer parts. In the early 1990s, the focus was on manufacturing chip components, multi-layer circuit boards, and mobile communication and optical components. In the late 1990s, operations expanded into the production of digital products with applied high- frequency, software, engineering and design technologies. For more information, visit \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.sem.samsung.co.kr\u0022 title=\u0022http:\/\/www.sem.samsung.co.kr\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.sem.samsung.co.kr\u003C\/a\u003E \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAbout the Georgia Electronic Design Center: The Georgia Electronic Design Center (GEDC) supports world-class research, active and solution-oriented industry collaboration, intellectual property generation and revenue generating commercialization efforts. Supported both by industry partners and federal laboratories, GEDC\u0027s research is broadly focused on fostering technology at the intersection of today\u0027s communications applications: wireless\/RF, wired\/copper and fiber channels. For more information, visit \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gedcenter.org\u0022 title=\u0022http:\/\/www.gedcenter.org\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.gedcenter.org\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Samsung has announced that it will establish a Georgia-based design center to develop next-generation radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC) technology. The new design center will initially be housed at the GEDC, located in Georgia Tech\u0027s Technology Square campus in midtown Atlanta.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Samsung establishes new design center at Tech"}],"uid":"15436","created_gmt":"2005-04-25 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:02:27","author":"Automator","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2005-04-20T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2005-04-20T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1183","name":"Home"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"131","name":"Economic Development and Policy"}],"keywords":[{"id":"3192","name":"GEDC"},{"id":"3191","name":"Georgia Electronic Design Center"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003ELisa Grovenstein\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECommunications \u0026amp; Marketing\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=lgrovenste3\u0022\u003EContact Lisa Grovenstein\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-8835\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["lisa.grovenstein@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}