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The Godfather of South Korea’s Chip Industry

Cars That Think

By the beginning of the 21st century, South Korea had become a dominant power in the global semiconductor market, meeting more than 60 percent of international demand for memory chips alone. Of average height, with gray hair since his mid-30s, he was the first professor in South Korea to systematically teach semiconductor engineering.

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Toyota Advanced Fuel Cell Hybrid Vehicle Achieves 431 Mile Estimated Range; Toyota Targeting Commercialization Within Six Years

Green Car Congress

In mid-2008, the US Department of Energy (DOE), Savannah River National Laboratory (SNRL) and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), approached Toyota to participate in a collaborative evaluation of the real world driving range of the FCHV-adv. Driving range data from each vehicle was calculated by SRNL and NREL engineers.

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