About TRIZ TRIZ is the Russian acronym for the Theory of Inventive Problem Solving. The main idea of TRIZ states that inventions in the world of technology are not accidental, they are not due to some effulgent flash of intuition. The appearance of new inventions obeys objective laws. These laws can be studied and used to create or forecast inventions. TRIZ turns production of new technical ideas into a precise science. The process of solving technical problems - instead of systemless search - is based on a system of logic operations. The founder of TRIZ is Genrich Altshuller, the Russian engineer and inventor. In 1946, he started research into the technology development and laws of its development. In 1956, he published his first article on the new methods of technical creativity. Today his theory is known and popular in many countries of the world. What is TRIZ based on? First. The occurrence and evolution of technical systems obey objective laws. Every system develops in the direction of the improvement of its ideality. An ideal system is a situation when there is no system whereas its function is performed. The laws of technical systems evolution follow from the laws of dialectics, which are common for all systems. We can say that TRIZ is the philosophy of technology. Second. All strong inventions appeared with the aid of a certain number of recurring principles. This conclusion was made after the analysis of a great array of patent information that comprises the experience of many generations of inventors. Those principles were revealed and enumerated. At the moment they are 40. Knowing the principles makes it possible to produce new strong inventions. Third. When improving a technical system, a contradiction usually occurs - improving one feature worsens other features. To produce an invention means to resolve this contraction. The necessary feature is improved without worsening other features. Presenting a problem in the form of a contradiction enables the use of logic operations for problem solving. Logic operations served as a basis for creating effective solving tools. The use or study of TRIZ implies permanent development of the creative imagination of an engineer. TRIZ has a special section called the Theory of Creative Person Evolution. This Theory allows doing away with psychological inertia and other disadvantages characteristic of ordinary thinking. This section evolved into the General Theory of Strong Thinking (OTSM). OTSM helps understand how one thinks when a problem situation occurs and is solved. The main points of this theory are developed by N.Khomenko. Combining the OTMS methods with TRIZ tools is the most effective way of solving complex problems. Many computer programs have been developed so far for help in problem solving with the aid of TRIZ. For instance, such programs of the Invention Machine Corporation as different versions of TechOptimizer, Knowledgist, etc. The use of these programs becomes more effective after preliminary study of OTSM/TRIZ. Using TRIZ increases abruptly the engineer's work efficiency and makes possible a sudden technological jump in a given field. The leading industrial companies (Ford, General Electric, Boeing, Proctor&Gamble and many others) are aware of this. TRIZ is also beginning to be actively used at Samsung. We wish the Samsung specialists success in studying and use of TRIZ in their work. Hyo June Kim, manager of Consulting Group.