Chenming Hu

Chenming Hu is Distinguished Chair Professor Emeritus at 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 semiconductor chips beyond 20nm. He also led the development of BSIM-- the industry standard transistor model that is used in designing most of the integrated circuits in the world. He is a member of the US Academy of Engineering, the Chinese Academy of Science, and Academia Sinica. His honors include the Asian American Engineer of the Year Award, IEEE Andrew Grove Award and Solid Circuits Award as well as Nishizawa Medal, and UC Berkeley's highest honor for teaching-- the Berkeley Distinguished Teaching Award.