On the 21st, Professor Jung received the Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Award at the 20th Electronics and IT Day event held at COEX in Seoul. The event was hosted by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy and organized by the Korea Electronics Association.
The award recognizes his contribution to the development of Compute Express Link (CXL), a next-generation interconnect technology. Professor Jung and his research team have been working on related technologies since 2015. In 2022, they presented the world’s first full-system framework incorporating a CXL switch at the USENIX Annual Technical Conference. Later, he founded the faculty startup Panmnesia, which developed the world’s first CXL controller IP achieving double-digit nanosecond round-trip latency, as well as a fabric switch supporting the CXL 3.2 and PCIe 6.0 standards.
On the 29th, Professor Jung also received the Presidential Commendation at the 2025 K-Tech Inside Show (Materials, Parts, and Equipment & Core Technology Exhibition) held at KINTEX in Goyang. The event was hosted by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy and organized by multiple institutions including the Korea Evaluation Institute of Industrial Technology.
The commendation acknowledges his contribution to developing PanLink, a comprehensive interconnect technology that supports various links including CXL, UALink (Ultra Accelerator Link), NVLink Fusion, Ethernet, and PCIe. Earlier this year, Professor Jung published a technical white paper titled “Compute Can’t Handle the Truth: Why Communication Tax Prioritizes Memory and Interconnects in Modern AI Infrastructure,” introducing a hybrid link architecture using CXL to overcome the scalability limitations of existing accelerator-centric interconnects such as UALink and NVLink. Professor Jung has also been actively involved in international standardization efforts through organizations including the CXL Consortium, UALink Consortium, PCI-SIG, and the Open Compute Project.
This recognition marks a meaningful achievement resulting from Professor Jung’s dedication and continued research efforts, shared with the many collaborators who have worked alongside him.
