DHAKA, May 13, 2026 (BSS) - The Bangladesh Semiconductor Industry Association (BSIA) successfully concluded a major engagement day in South Korea as part of its ongoing global semiconductor roadshow, advancing Bangladesh’s vision to emerge as a future semiconductor ecosystem through strategic international collaboration, talent development, and advanced packaging initiatives.

The event began with a high-level logistics and strategic coordination meeting on Tuesday with the advanced team of SK hynix to discuss the structure and objectives of the BSIA South Korea Roadshow and future engagement opportunities surrounding semiconductor packaging, workforce development, and ecosystem collaboration.

Representatives from several BSIA member companies, including Dynamic Solution Innovators (DSi), PrimeSilicon Technology Limited, Siliconova Limited, Ulkasemi Private Limited, and Neural Semiconductor Ltd., later met with SuperGate, a Korean semiconductor design house, to explore potential collaboration opportunities in semiconductor design services, verification, embedded systems, AI-centric chip design, and engineering support capabilities, said a press release.

The BSIA delegation also held an important bilateral meeting with the Korea Semiconductor Industry Association (KSIA). The discussion focused on three major strategic initiatives:

Exploring the formation of a collaborative “15-nation semiconductor alliance” to strengthen global semiconductor resilience, talent mobility, and long-term ecosystem cooperation.

The discussions also include expanding collaboration in semiconductor talent development through joint training, research initiatives, academic engagement, and workforce development programs apart from establishing long-term cooperation between KSIA and BSIA for the joint promotion of the Korean and Bangladeshi semiconductor industries and exploring opportunities for global collaboration.
KSIA leadership expressed appreciation for Bangladesh’s emerging semiconductor vision and acknowledged the country’s unique strategic positioning, demographic advantage, growing engineering base, and focused ecosystem-building initiatives.
Discussions highlighted the potential for Bangladesh to evolve into the world’s 12th semiconductor hub through disciplined capability development, international partnerships, and long-term policy alignment.

The evening concluded with a major Banquet Reception jointly organised by BSIA and the Embassy of Bangladesh in Seoul. The event brought together semiconductor industry leaders, policymakers, researchers, academia, and corporate representatives from both countries. 

The programme included remarks from KSIA leadership, BSIA President M A Jabbar, and Toufiq Islam Shatil, Ambassador of Bangladesh to the Republic of Korea.  

Professor Muhammad Mustafa Hussain of Purdue University delivered a strategic presentation titled “Vision of Bangladesh for Semiconductor Packaging,” highlighting the growing importance of advanced packaging, heterogeneous integration, AI-driven semiconductor infrastructure, and ecosystem-oriented value creation. 

BSIA member companies also presented their technical capabilities and ongoing engagements across semiconductor design, verification, testing, reliability engineering, memory systems, embedded systems, AI hardware, and advanced engineering services. 

Presentations demonstrated that Bangladeshi companies are already contributing to globally relevant semiconductor workflows and technologies. 

The event further featured an industry case-study session by Changhyun Kim, Vice President and Head of Packaging & Module at SK hynix, on Korea’s packaging success story and the evolution toward AI-era memory packaging technologies. 

An insight session by McKinsey & Company explored the dynamics of the advanced packaging ecosystem, emphasizing the growing importance of 2.5D and 3D packaging architectures, memory-centric AI infrastructure, and the emergence of advanced packaging as a new “middle-end” of the semiconductor value chain. 

BSIA noted that the South Korea Roadshow reflects Bangladesh’s broader “Silicon River” vision, which seeks to build a sustainable deep-tech ecosystem through the convergence of talent, industry, policy, global partnerships, and strategic infrastructure development.

As part of the evening remarks, BSIA formally invited Korean industry leaders, researchers, and ecosystem partners to participate in the BEAR Summit 2026 to be held in Dhaka, Bangladesh on July 25-26, 2026.