SMIC Appoints New CEO

Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. (SMIC) has appointed Dr. Tzu-Yin Chiu as CEO and Executive Director, effective immediately. Dr. Chiu is a distinguished semiconductor industry executive with over 27 years of experience in the industry and a track record of managing successful semiconductor manufacturing companies at the executive level.

Prior to joining SMIC as CEO and Executive Director, Dr. Chiu was President and CEO of Hua Hong NEC Electronics Co. Ltd; Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Shanghai Huali Microelectronics Corp.; President and COO of Silterra Malaysia Sdn Bhd; Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Hua Hong International Management Shanghai Co. Ltd; President of Hua Hong Semiconductor International Shanghai Co. Ltd; Senior Vice President of Shanghai Operations at Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. (SMIC), and Senior Director of Fab Operations at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp. (TSMC). He began his career in the United States with AT&T Bell Laboratories, rising to become the department head of its High Speed Electronics Research Department. Dr. Chiu holds a bachelor's degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, a Ph.D. in electrical engineering and computer science from the University of California at Berkeley, and an executive MBA from Columbia University. A senior member of the IEEE, Dr. Chiu holds 10 semiconductor technology patents with three patents still pending, and has published thirty technical articles.

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