KEIT Smart Electronics R&D Grant
Funds Korean teams pursuing next-generation semiconductor and electronics breakthroughs in AI and cyber systems.
The KEIT Smart Electronics R&D Grant funds Korean industry-led consortia in next-generation semiconductor and electronic-systems R&D, administered by the Korea Evaluation Institute of Industrial Technology (KEIT) under the Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Energy (MOTIE). The program encompasses next-generation intelligent semiconductors, Processing-In-Memory (PIM) AI semiconductor core technology,…
Korean industrial R&D in next-generation semiconductors (compound, advanced packaging, PIM AI, optical, 3D DRAM, fine substrates), electronic systems, and AI semiconductor core technologies.
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