Tzu-Yin Chiu

Dr. Tzu-Yin Chiu joined Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation as CEO and Executive Director in 2011. He is also a Director of most of SMIC’s subsidiaries. Dr. Chiu is a semiconductor industry veteran with 30 years of experience spanning technology research, business development, operations and corporate management. Prior to joining SMIC, Dr. Chiu was President and CEO of Hua Hong NEC. He has served in executive positions across the semiconductor industry, including as President and COO of Silterra Malaysia, Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Hua Hong International Management and President of Hua Hong Semiconductor International, Senior Vice President of Shanghai Operations at SMIC, and Senior Director of fab operations at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company. He began his career in the United States at AT&T Bell Laboratories, rising to become the Department Head of its high-speed electronics research department and silicon-research operations department. Dr. Chiu holds a bachelor’s from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, a Ph.D. in electrical engineering and computer science from the University of California, Berkeley, and an executive MBA from Columbia University. A senior member of the IEEE, Dr. Chiu holds forty semiconductor technology patents issued in various countries and has published over thirty technical articles. He is also a board member of GSA.