FinFET-- a University Innovation Takes Over the Semiconductor World

Chenming C. Hu

TSMC Distinguished Professor of Graduate School

University of California, Berkeley.

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2013-10-30 19:30

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Gordon Moore calls FinFET the most drastic shift in semiconductor technology in over 40 years. Intel gave up the 2D transistor to use FinFET for production. TSMC, Samsung, and all most advanced semiconductor companies will in 2014. What is special about FinFET? What else may the future bring?

Education

B.S., EE, National Taiwan University, 1968 M.S. and Ph.D., EECS, University of California, Berkeley, 1970 and 1973.

Honors and Awards

National Academies:

1. US National Academy of Engineering, elected member 1997.

2. Academia Sinica, Taiwan, elected member 2004.

3. Chinese Academy of Sciences, elected member 2007.

Chenming Hu is Distinguished Chair Professor of UC Berkeley. He was the Chief Technology Officer of TSMC and founder of Celestry Design Technologies. He is best known for developing the revolutionary 3D transistor FinFET that powers all IC's beyond 20nm. He also developed IC reliability models and the industry-standard SPICE model used to design most of the integrated circuits in the world. He is a member of the US Academy of Engineering and the Chinese Academy of Science.