Chinese-American electronic engineer
Chenming Calvin Hu (Chinese : 胡正明 ; pinyin : Hú Zhèngmíng [ 1] Taiwanese -American electronic engineer who specializes in microelectronics . He is TSMC Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the electronic engineering and computer science department of the University of California, Berkeley . In 2009, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers described him as a “microelectronics visionary … whose seminal work on metal-oxide semiconductor MOS reliability and device modeling has had enormous impact on the continued scaling of electronic devices”.[ 2]
Education and career
Hu graduated from National Taiwan University in Taipei in 1968 with a Bachelor of Science (B.S.), and earned a Master of Science (M.S.) and Ph.D. at the University of California, Berkeley , in 1970 and 1973, respectively.[ 2]
Currently professor emeritus, he has been a professor of electrical engineering and computer science at the University of California, Berkeley, since 1976.[ 3]
He has made significant contributions in microelectronics research. He was one of the developers of the FinFET , a multi-gated MOSFET device, and was among the creators of the Berkeley Short-Channel IGFET Model family of MOSFETs.[ 2] reliability of the silicon oxide layer in semi-conductors .[ 4]
Hu was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 1997 for contributions to the modeling integration-circuit devices and to the reliability and performance of VLSI systems.
Between 2001 and 2004 Hu was the chief technology officer of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company . He has sat on the board of several companies, including Inphi Corporation , FormFactor, MoSys and SanDisk ; he was chairman of the board of Celestry Design Solutions, which he founded.[ 3]
Awards and honors
1997: elected to the United States National Academy of Engineering [ 5]
1997: IEEE Jack Morton Award , "for outstanding contributions to semiconductor devices and technology"[ 6]
2002: IEEE Solid-State Circuits Award (for developing the first international standard transistor model BSIM)[ 7]
2002: IEEE Paul Rappaport Award [ 8]
2009: IEEE Jun-ichi Nishizawa Medal , "for technical contributions to MOS device reliability, scaling of CMOS and compact device modeling"[ 9] [ 2] [ 10]
2011: Asian American Engineer of the year award ,[ 11]
2011: National Taiwan University Distinguished Alumni Award ,[ 12]
2011: Semiconductor Industry Association Award ,[ 13]
2013: Phil Kaufman Award for Distinguished Contributions to EDA ,[ 14]
2014: National Medal of Technology and Innovation ,[ 15] Barack Obama in 2016.[ 16]
2015: SEMI Award for North America, for the BSIM transistor family.[ 17]
2016: Pan Wen Yuan Award, by the Industrial Technology Research Institute .[ 18]
2020: IEEE Medal of Honor Award.[ 19]
References
^ Perry, Tekla S. (21 April 2020). "How the Father of FinFETs Helped Save Moore's Law" . IEEE Spectrum . ^ a b c d "Chenming Calvin Hu, Microelectronics Visionary, to Receive 2009 IEEE Jun-Ichi Nishizawa Medal" (PDF) . IEEE. Retrieved 2019-01-15 .^ a b Chenming Hu . Forbes.com. Archived August 10, 2008.^ David J. Dumin (2002). Oxide Reliability: A Summary of Silicon Oxide Wearout, Breakdown, and Reliability World Scientific . p. 7. ISBN 9789810248420 ^ "NAE Members Directory - Dr. Chenming Hu" . NAE . Retrieved 2019-01-15 .^ "IEEE Jack A. Morton Award Recipients" (PDF) . IEEE . Archived from the original (PDF) on November 17, 2018. Retrieved 2019-01-15 .^ "IEEE Donald O. Pederson Award in Solid-State Circuits Recipients" . IEEE. Archived from the original on July 18, 2018. Retrieved 2019-01-15 .^ "Paul Rappaport Award" . IEEE. Archived from the original on 2019-01-15. Retrieved 2019-01-15 .^ "IEEE Jun-ichi Nishizawa Medal Recipients" . IEEE. Archived from the original on December 6, 2018. Retrieved 2019-01-15 .^ Mark LaPedus (June 17, 2009). Hu receives IEEE award . EE Times . Archived July 9, 2016.
^ "Asian American Engineer, Award" . Retrieved 2019-01-15 .^ "National Taiwan University Distinguished Alumni Award" . Archived from the original on 2016-10-16. Retrieved 2019-01-15 .^ "Semiconductor Industry Association Award" (PDF) . Retrieved 2019-01-15 .^ "Phil Kaufman Award for Distinguished Contributions to EDA" . IEEE. Retrieved 2019-01-15 .^ "Chenming Hu" . Retrieved 2019-01-15 .^ "Remarks by the President at Ceremony Honoring the Recipients of the National Medal of Science, and the National Medal of Technology and Innovation" . whitehouse.gov . Retrieved 2019-01-15 – via National Archives . National Medal of Technology and Innovation to Chenming Hu, University of California, Berkeley, California. For pioneering innovations in microelectronics including reliability technologies, the first industry-standard model for circuit design, and the first 3-dimensional transistors, which radically advanced semiconductor technology. ^ SEMI Award for North America: About the SEMI Award Archived 2016-08-05 at the Wayback Machine . Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International. Accessed July 2016.^ "潘文淵獎歷屆得獎人" (in Chinese). Pan Wen Yuan Foundation. 2018. Retrieved 2019-10-23 .^ "Chenming Hu awarded the 2020 ieee medal of honor" . Retrieved 2020-04-22 .
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