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Soo-Kyoum Kim
Program Director, Semiconductors Research

Team: Semiconductors
Soo Kyoum Kim is the Program Director of IDC's Semiconductors research program. He is responsible for in-depth analysis, evaluation, forecasting, and research of memory semiconductor areas such as DRAM and Flash.

Mr.Kim has more than twelve years of experience in the semiconductor industry as a field-sales person, and marketing & strategic planning analyst. His career includes a memory marketing manager position with Samsung Electronics. His work covered areas such as short-term and midterm strategic planning (one to five years), market sizing, customer/competitor analysis, memory supply/demand trends, and capacity and pricing trends. In addition, he has built and maintained relationships with members of the press at major semiconductor-related print media (including EBN, EN, Electronics Components and newspapers like the Asian Wallstreet Jounal), WSTS(Worldwide Semiconductor Trade Statistics), and with executives and planning managers at several semiconductor manufacturers and OEMs. He was an owner of semiconductor program in the Asia Pacific region.

Mr. Kim earned a M.B.A. degree in business administration (International Business) at Seoul National University in Korea.



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Enabling Technologies and Semiconductors: March 25, 2013
Jeff Janukowicz, Soo-Kyoum Kim, Shane Rau, Les Santiago, John Rydning, Mario Morales, Abhi Dugar
Mar 2013 - Doc # 240418      Update
This IDC update presents::
  • Highlights from IDC's Worldwide DRAM Demand and Supply 4Q124Q13 and 20122017 Update
  • Highlights from IDC's Worldwide NAND Flash Dema
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    Worldwide DRAM Demand and Supply 4Q12–4Q13 and 2012–2017 Update
    Soo-Kyoum Kim, Shane Rau
    Mar 2013 - Doc # 240248      Update
    This IDC update and the accompanying Excel file provide the CY 4Q12 and CY12 DRAM vendor share results and forecasts for both the short-term (1Q12–4Q13) and the long-term (2012–2017) worldwide DRAM market. The Excel file includes::