Chenming Calvin Hu (; born 1947) is a

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electronic engineer Electronics engineering is a sub-discipline of electrical engineering which emerged in the early 20th century and is distinguished by the additional use of active components such as semiconductor devices to amplify and control electric current ...

who specializes in

microelectronics Microelectronics is a subfield of electronics. As the name suggests, microelectronics relates to the study and manufacture (or microfabrication) of very small electronic designs and components. Usually, but not always, this means micrometre-sc ...

. He is

TSMC Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited (TSMC; also called Taiwan Semiconductor) is a Taiwanese multinational corporation, multinational semiconductor contract manufacturing and design company. It is the world's most valuable semicon ...

Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the electronic engineering and computer science department of the

University of California, Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California. Established in 1868 as the University of California, it is the state's first land-grant u ...

, in the United States. In 2009, the

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described him as a “microelectronics visionary … whose seminal work on metal-oxide semiconductor MOS

reliability Reliability, reliable, or unreliable may refer to: Science, technology, and mathematics Computing * Data reliability (disambiguation), a property of some disk arrays in computer storage * High availability * Reliability (computer networking), a ...

and device modeling has had enormous impact on the continued scaling of electronic devices”.

Education and career

Hu completed his

bachelor's degree A bachelor's degree (from Middle Latin ''baccalaureus'') or baccalaureate (from Modern Latin ''baccalaureatus'') is an undergraduate academic degree awarded by colleges and universities upon completion of a course of study lasting three to six ...

at the

National Taiwan University National Taiwan University (NTU; ) is a public research university in Taipei, Taiwan. The university was founded in 1928 during Japanese rule as the seventh of the Imperial Universities. It was named Taihoku Imperial University and served d ...

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in 1968, and completed

master's A master's degree (from Latin ) is an academic degree awarded by universities or colleges upon completion of a course of study demonstrating mastery or a high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice.

and

doctoral A doctorate (from Latin ''docere'', "to teach"), doctor's degree (from Latin ''doctor'', "teacher"), or doctoral degree is an academic degree awarded by universities and some other educational institutions, derived from the ancient formalism ''li ...

degrees at the

in 1970 and 1973, respectively. Currently Professor Emeritus, he has been a professor of

electrical engineering Electrical engineering is an engineering discipline concerned with the study, design, and application of equipment, devices, and systems which use electricity, electronics, and electromagnetism. It emerged as an identifiable occupation in the l ...

and

computer science Computer science is the study of computation, automation, and information. Computer science spans theoretical disciplines (such as algorithms, theory of computation, information theory, and automation) to Applied science, practical discipli ...

at the University of California, Berkeley since 1976.Chenming Hu
Forbes.com. Archived August 10, 2008. He has made significant contributions in microelectronics research. He was one of the developers of the

FinFET A fin field-effect transistor (FinFET) is a multigate device, a MOSFET (metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor) built on a substrate where the gate is placed on two, three, or four sides of the channel or wrapped around the channel, f ...

, a multi-gated

MOSFET The metal–oxide–semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET, MOS-FET, or MOS FET) is a type of field-effect transistor (FET), most commonly fabricated by the controlled oxidation of silicon. It has an insulated gate, the voltage of which d ...

device, and was among the creators of the Berkeley Short‐Channel IGFET Model family of MOSFETs. Since the 1980s, Hu has written extensively on the

of the

silicon oxide Silicon oxide may refer to either of the following: *Silicon dioxide or quartz, SiO2, very well characterized *Silicon monoxide Silicon monoxide is the chemical compound with the formula SiO where silicon is present in the oxidation state +2. In ...

layer in

semi-conductor A semiconductor is a material which has an electrical conductivity value falling between that of a conductor, such as copper, and an insulator, such as glass. Its resistivity falls as its temperature rises; metals behave in the opposite way. ...

s. Hu was elected a member of the

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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 Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited (TSMC; also called Taiwan Semiconductor) is a Taiwanese multinational semiconductor contract manufacturing and design company. It is the world's most valuable semiconductor company, the world' ...

. He has sat on the board of several companies, including

Inphi Corporation Inphi Corporation is an American company that produces 10G-800G high-speed analog and mixed-signal semiconductor components and optical subsystems to networking original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), optical module, cloud and telecom service p ...

, FormFactor,

MoSys MoSys, Inc., originally Monolithic System Technology (MoST), was a fabless semiconductor design company founded in 1991. The company primarily designed memory chips and were especially known for their Multibank DRAM and 1T-SRAM technologies� ...

and

SanDisk SanDisk is a brand for flash memory products, including memory cards and readers, USB flash drives, solid-state drives, and digital audio players, manufactured and marketed by Western Digital. The original company, SanDisk Corporation was acquire ...

; he was chairman of the board of Celestry Design Solutions, which he founded.

Awards and honors

*1997: elected to the

United States National Academy of Engineering The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) is an American nonprofit, non-governmental organization. The National Academy of Engineering is part of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, along with the National Academy of ...

*1997: IEEE Jack Morton Award, "for outstanding contributions to semiconductor devices and technology" *2002:

IEEE Solid-State Circuits Award The IEEE Donald O. Pederson Award in Solid-State Circuits is a Technical Field Award of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). It was previously called the IEEE Solid-State Circuits Award. In November 2005 the award was ren ...

(for developing the first international standard transistor model BSIM) *2002: IEEE Paul Rappaport Award *2009:

IEEE Jun-ichi Nishizawa Medal In 2002, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) added a new award to its already existing program of awards. Each year, one or more nominees are honored with a medal in the name of Jun-ichi Nishizawa, considered to be the ' ...

, "for technical contributions to MOS device reliability, scaling of CMOS and compact device modeling"Mark LaPedus (June 17, 2009)
Hu receives IEEE award
''EE Times''. Archived July 9, 2016. *2011: Asian American Engineer of the year award, *2011: National Taiwan University Distinguished Alumni Award, *2011: Semiconductor Industry Association Award, *2013: Phil Kaufman Award for Distinguished Contributions to EDA, *2014:

National Medal of Technology and Innovation The National Medal of Technology and Innovation (formerly the National Medal of Technology) is an honor granted by the President of the United States to American inventors and innovators who have made significant contributions to the development ...

, given at the White House by

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in 2016. *2015: SEMI Award for North America, for the

BSIM BSIM (Berkeley Short-channel IGFET Model) refers to a family of MOSFET transistor models for integrated circuit design. It also refers to the BSIM group located in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences (EECS) at the Univers ...

transistor family. *2016:

Pan Wen Yuan Pan Wen-Yuan (; July 15, 1912 – January 3, 1995) was a Chinese-American electrical engineer. Following a three-decade-long career as a researcher at RCA, he played a key role in establishing the integrated circuit (IC) industry in Taiwan in t ...

Award, by the

Industrial Technology Research Institute The Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI; ) is a technology research and development institution in Taiwan. Founded in 1973, ITRI has contributed to moving Taiwan's industries from labor-intensive to innovation-driven. ITRI is hea ...

. *2020:

IEEE Medal of Honor The IEEE Medal of Honor is the highest recognition of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). It has been awarded since 1917, when its first recipient was Major Edwin H. Armstrong. It is given for an exceptional contribution ...

Award.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hu, Chenming 1947 births Living people Electrical engineering academics Taiwanese emigrants to the United States UC Berkeley College of Engineering alumni Members of the United States National Academy of Engineering UC Berkeley College of Engineering faculty Foreign members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences Taiwanese people from Beijing Chinese emigrants to the United States Engineers from Beijing IEEE Medal of Honor recipients