SK Hynix Establishes Dedicated Organization for Next-generation HBM

SK Hynix has established a specialized organization dedicated to developing customized high bandwidth memory (HBM) to maintain its leading position in the HBM market. The company is also accelerating the development of next-generation leaders by newly appointing 37 executives focused on key business areas.

On Dec. 4, SK Hynix announced that it has implemented organizational restructuring and executive appointments for 2026 and established Global AI Research Centers at major locations including the United States, China, and Japan.

President Ahn Hyun, chief development officer (CDO), will lead this organization to accelerate computing system architecture research and strengthen cooperation with global big tech companies. In particular, the U.S. AI Research Center plans to recruit global guru-level talent to elevate system research capabilities to industry-leading levels.

The company has also decided to establish a global infrastructure organization dedicated to strengthening global production competitiveness while accelerating the construction of its advanced packaging fab in Indiana, United States. Kim Chun-hwan, who has accumulated extensive experience at domestic production sites in Icheon and Cheongju, will lead this organization. The strategy is to strengthen the consistency of global production systems to proactively respond to expanding AI memory demand.

Organizational restructuring was also conducted to maintain HBM leadership. The company decided to create a dedicated HBM technical organization in the Americas region for rapid customer support, and separately establish organizations dedicated to HBM packaging yield and quality related to customized HBM. Through this, the company has completed a specialized HBM organization system covering the entire process from development to mass production and quality. Additionally, a Macro Research Center will be established to conduct in-depth analysis of global business environments and geopolitical issues. This organization will integrate customer, technology, and market information through AI-based systems and plans to recruit experts well-versed in analysis ranging from global macroeconomics to individual industries and companies.

Along with this organizational restructuring, SK Hynix appointed 37 new executives. Lee Byung-gi, a key leader in manufacturing and technology fields, was promoted to chief production officer (CPO), a C-level core executive position, and tasked with innovating SK Hynix’s global production system. Kwon Jae-soon, an expert in yield and quality, and Kim Cheon-seong, who led eSSD product development, were promoted to M&T manager and solution development manager, respectively. Seventy percent of newly appointed executives were selected from major business and technology fields, and the technology and support organizations produced female executives born in the 1980s, consistently maintaining the technology company’s performance-based personnel principles.

Kwak No-jung, SK Hynix chief executive officer (CEO), stated, “This organizational restructuring and executive appointments are essential measures for leaping forward as a full-stack AI memory creator,” adding, “It will serve as an opportunity to further strengthen our competitiveness as a global leading company that leads the world market.”