Boss Semiconductor announced on the 12th that it has appointed Park Won-joo, former head of Samsung Electronics' Device Solutions (semiconductor) institutional sector's software research institute, as its Chief Software Officer (CSO).
The new CSO Park is a figure who has led software development and platform strategies for over 30 years at global information and communications technology (ICT) corporations such as Samsung Electronics and Microsoft. This recruitment is seen as a strategic measure for Boss Semiconductor to strengthen its software-based competitiveness in the AI semiconductor and system semiconductor sectors and to refine its next-generation technology roadmap.
CSO Park led product differentiation in the global market by developing software platforms and convergence solutions encompassing digital media devices, communication devices, and semiconductor product lines at Samsung Electronics. In particular, he gained comprehensive experience in software strategy and development across all business sectors, including serving as the head of the Digital Media & Communication (DMC) Research Institute, Software Center, and Software Research Institute of the Device Solutions institutional sector.
Moreover, CSO Park has more than 10 years of experience at the Microsoft headquarters, where he worked as a developer and head of the development team for Windows and Internet Explorer. Notably, while serving as the head of the Windows development team in 1995, he was a key developer in the decision-making process to accommodate the entire 11,192 character set of the new combined Korean characters, instead of only supporting the 2,350 characters of the KSC5601 complete Korean character set. This experience has profound significance as it enabled current computers to express the entirety of the Korean characters, contributing to the advancement of operating systems in our country.
CSO Park also possesses extensive experience in AI-based software system design and optimization. During his tenure at Samsung Electronics' Device Solutions institutional sector, he led the research and development of advanced semiconductor software technologies, including SoC firmware for deep learning inference optimization, security algorithm embedded control software, and system software for AI accelerators.
He was a keynote speaker at the 2012 Korea Linux Forum, where he stated, "Open source and open innovation coexistence is key to software competitiveness," contributing to establishing open source-based platform strategies, such as Tizen OS, within Samsung. He has also worked to cultivate a software ecosystem centered on semiconductors through domestic and international developer communities, industry-academic collaboration, and global technology exchanges.
In December 2013, CSO Park was also selected as one of the key figures in the field of system software in the '100 future technologies to lead Korea in 2020,' led by the National Academy of Engineering.