Chenming Hu
Research Areas
- Semiconductor Device Technologies
Biography
He was formerly Chief Technology Officer of TSMC and is best known for contributions to IC reliability, BSIM SPICE models, and the FinFET transistor.
He has received the US National Medal of Technology and Innovation from President Barack Obama and UC Bekeley's Distinguished Teaching Award.
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Education
- 1973, Ph.D., EECS, UC Berkeley
- 1970, M.S., EECS, UC Berkeley
- 1968, B.S., EE, National Taiwan University
Selected Publications
- S. Venugopalan, D. D. Lu, Y. Kawakami, P. M. Lee, A. Niknejad, and C. Hu, "BSIM-CG: A compact model of cylindrical/surround gate MOSFET for circuit simulations," Solid-State Electronics, vol. 67, no. 1, pp. 79 - 89, Jan. 2012.
Awards, Memberships and Fellowships
- Presidential Science Prize of Taiwan, 2023
- IEEE Medal of Honor, 2020
- IET J. J. Thomson Medal for Electronics, 2019
- IEEE EDS George E. Smith Award, 2019
- Silicon Valley Engineering Hall of Fame, 2017
- National Medal of Technology and Innovation, 2016
- National Academy of Inventors (NAI) Fellow, 2015
- Phil Kaufman Award, 2013
- Berkeley Citation, 2011
- SIA University Research Award, 2011
- Asian American Distinguished Lifetime Achievement Award, 2011
- IEEE EDS Education Award, 2011
- IEEE EDS ISDRS Aldert van der Ziel Award, 2011
- SRC Aristotle Award, 2009
- IEEE Jun-ichi Nishizawa Medal, 2009
- SSCS Donald O. Pederson Award, 2002
- IEEE EDS Paul Rappaport Award, 2002
- DARPATech Significant Technical Achievement Award, 2000
- Monie A. Ferst Award, 1998
- IEEE Jack A. Morton Award, 1997
- UC Berkeley Distinguished Teaching Award, 1997
- National Academy of Engineering (NAE) Member, 1996
- SRC Technical Excellence Award, 1991
- Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Fellow, 1990
