• CEO of Chips&Media
    Kim Sang-hyun

    South Korea’s Only System Semiconductor IP Firm Aims for Global No.1 in AI Chip IP

    Last Updated on May 26, 2025

Life Summary

Kim Sang-hyun is the CEO of Chips&Media.

He has led Chips&Media, Korea’s only company specializing in system semiconductor intellectual property (IP), to the top of the global video semiconductor IP sector.

He was born on July 24, 1967, in Busan.

He graduated from the Department of Avionics at Vaughn College in the United States and completed an MBA program at Dowling College in the United States.

After working at General Electric (GE) in the United States, he gained experience in marketing, sales, and procurement at Korea Telecom Hitel, Telson Electronics, and Sejin Electronics.

In 2005, he joined Chips&Media as Head of the IP Division. In 2008, he was appointed CEO.

He presented a vision to achieve double-digit annual growth of 10–15% through 2030 and to increase the share of revenue from its self-developed neural processing unit (NPU) IP ‘CMNP’ to 20% of total sales.

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