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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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Worldwide NAND Flash Demand and Supply 1Q13–4Q14 and 2013–2017 Update
Soo-Kyoum Kim, Les Santiago
Jun 2013 - Doc # 241714      Update
This IDC update and the accompanying Excel file provide CY 1Q13 market share results, short-term forecasts (1Q13–4Q14), and long-term forecasts (2013–2017) for the worldwide NAND market. The Excel file includes::
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    Worldwide DRAM Demand and Supply 1Q13–4Q14 and 2013–2017 Update
    Soo-Kyoum Kim, Shane Rau
    Jun 2013 - Doc # 241694      Update
    This IDC update and the accompanying Excel file provide the CY 1Q13 DRAM vendor share results and forecasts for both the short-term (1Q13–4Q14) and the long-term (2013–2017) worldwide DRAM market. The Excel file includes::
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