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Jangwoo Kim

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Founder and CEO at MangoBoost
📍 Seoul, South Korea

Jangwoo Kim is the Founder and CEO of MangoBoost and a Professor of Computer Science at Seoul National University. An expert in high-performance computing with a PhD from Carnegie Mellon, his specialties include DPU/IPU architecture, server design, and AI acceleration. His prior experience includes roles as a senior engineer at Oracle and Sun Microsystems.

His academic research and publications focus on computer architecture, System-on-a-Chip (SoC) design, and emerging technologies like quantum and cryogenic computing systems. He actively bridges the gap between cutting-edge academic research and commercial technology development through his dual roles in academia and industry.

He revealed in an interview that his company is named MangoBoost because he wanted a name, like the popular fruit, that felt fresh and represented a powerful boost to performance.

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Current Role
Founder and CEO
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Seoul, South Korea
Personality Overview

How Jangwoo shows up

Status Quo Seeker
Late Adopter
Unexpressive

They are thorough and always follow a systematic approach. They do not like taking risks at all and go for proven options in the end. They are heavily focused on quality and prefer doing things the right way, even if it takes time.

Priorities

Topics Jangwoo cares about

AI Acceleration
His company, MangoBoost, recently achieved record-breaking performance on the MLPerf Inference benchmark for Llama2-70B, showcasing a key focus on optimizing AI workloads.
DPU Architecture
As CEO of MangoBoost, his primary focus is on developing advanced DPU (Data Processing Unit) cards and smart server solutions to enhance datacenter efficiency.
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Career

Work history

Founder and CEO
MangoBoost
Professor
Seoul National University
Professor
Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)
Senior Engineer
Oracle Corporation
Technical Staff
Sun Microsystems
In the press

Media appearances

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Education
PhD
Carnegie Mellon University
MEng
Cornell University
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

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Calculativeness (C)

Calculativeness (C) reflects the degree to which a person is likely to be cautious, systematic and analytical. Those scoring high tend to emphasise quality and accuracy.

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