# Il (Will) Park

> Il (Will) Park is the founder and CEO of Primemas, a fabless semiconductor company founded in January 2023. A Purdue-trained computer engineer, he previously worked on server CPUs at IBM, led SoC architecture development at Samsung Electronics, and served as a vice president at SK hynix. Primemas develops reusable Hublet chiplet infrastructure and CXL memory products, with operations in California and South Korea.

- **Role:** Founder and CEO at Primemas
- **Organizations:** Primemas, SK hynix, Samsung Electronics, IBM T.J. Watson Research
- **Education:** Ph.D. in Computer Engineering, Purdue University
- **Known for:** Founded Primemas in January 2023 after leadership roles at IBM, Samsung Electronics and SK hynix., Led Primemas as it completed a US$72 million Series B financing announced by its counsel on January 23, 2026., Led Primemas during its June 2024 collaboration with Achronix to add embedded FPGA programmability to its Hublet platform.

## Career timeline

- **—** — Lead architect for server CPUs at IBM T.J. Watson Research; the Primemas Deep Tech Forum biography identifies POWER8 development.
- **—** — Led SoC architecture development and engineering at Samsung Electronics.
- **—** — Vice president at SK hynix, leading memory solutions, design innovation and CAE.
- **2023-01** — Founded Primemas.
- **2024-04** — Co-hosted the Primemas Deep Tech Forum in Redwood City with COO Tarey Gettys.
- **2024-11** — Listed as a speaker for the Hublet and FPGA chiplets webinar with Achronix and Blue Cheetah.

## Achievements

- Founded Primemas in January 2023 after leadership roles at IBM, Samsung Electronics and SK hynix.
- Led Primemas as it completed a US$72 million Series B financing announced by its counsel on January 23, 2026.
- Led Primemas during its June 2024 collaboration with Achronix to add embedded FPGA programmability to its Hublet platform.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Primemas exhibited PMA16 and its rack-scale pooled-memory work with Micron and Liqid at AI Infra Summit, according to its public LinkedIn activity.
- **2026-08** — At a Seongnam media roundtable, Park discussed Micron collaboration and forecast revenue beginning in Q4 2026; these were forward-looking statements.
- **2026-08** — Primemas presented PMA16 and SLiM at FMS and announced collaboration on Abaco, a planned system for PNNL with more than 100TB of pooled memory.
- **2026-01** — Sidley announced it represented Primemas in a US$72 million Series B financing.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ilpark7/

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Last updated: 2026-10-22