Seokha Hwang and Seungsik Moon, master’s students in POSTECH Electrical Engineering (advisor: Professor Youngjoo Lee), received the SK hynix Special Award at the 19th Korea Semiconductor Design Contest, hosted by the Korea Semiconductor Industry Association.

They designed a world-class ultralow-power error-correction system that maximizes the lifetime of NAND flash storage devices. Their work was recognized for wide-ranging optimization techniques spanning error-correction algorithms and semiconductor chip design.

Held annually since 2000, the contest is Korea’s largest competition of its kind. It identifies and rewards design technologies with strong academic and commercial achievements to cultivate outstanding semiconductor designers. This year, 41 teams from 18 universities and graduate schools competed.