- Relocated headquarters to the KRISS Startup Workshop
- Investment from Genaxis, a professional investment firm
- Samsung Electronics shared-growth investment
History
HiKM Growth History
HiKM continues to expand its equipment development and industrial support capabilities based on SEM and e-beam technologies.
Timeline
Key Milestones by Year
- Moved into the Pangyo Startup Zone
- Established a dedicated R&D department
- Secured guarantee support from Korea Technology Finance Corporation
- Signed a technical information sharing agreement with Hitachi High-Tech
- Founded HiKM
Collaboration Records
Key collaboration and technology development records
HiKM is expanding SEM application technologies and commercialization capabilities through collaboration with equipment-technology partners, research organizations, and semiconductor customers.
- Advanced Backside Review SEM development through a joint technology development program
- Technical seminars and on-site exchanges with Japanese equipment-technology partners
- Technical exchanges and seminars with Hitachi High-Tech, KRISS, and related partners
- Expanded SEM application reviews with domestic component and module partners
- Built a technology information-sharing and collaboration structure with Hitachi High-Tech
- Provided technical consulting for domestic component companies entering overseas equipment markets
Project & Collaboration
Joint development program and global collaboration record
Centered on development of a 300mm wafer backside review SEM non-destructive inspection system, HiKM connects semiconductor customer requirements, equipment-technology collaboration, and research validation.
Technology development programAdvances Backside Review SEM through a joint-investment technology development program structured with Samsung Electronics as investor company, HiKM as participating company, and Bumyeong as co-development organization.
Equipment-technology collaborationReviews equipment application and customer-requirement responses through technical-information sharing, seminars, and site exchanges with Hitachi High-Tech.
Research validationPromotes SEM-REELS seminars and core-technology validation with KRISS.
Component Collaboration
Support for Korean components and modules entering Japanese equipment markets
HiKM supports entry into overseas equipment markets through prototype supply, live demos, technical seminars, and component collaboration with Korean component and module companies.
Nano-ScalePrototype supply record related to Kims Reference
COAM TECHShield Cover prototype supply and equipment-application review
JEDEXApplicability review based on SymmGun live demos
BUMYEINGμ-NDTS product introduction and technical-collaboration review
GLONEXComponent-collaboration review for Hitachi-related parts
NEXENSORChip Warpage technical seminar and application review