Dr. F.C. Tseng is the vice chairman of TSMC and chairman of
the Global Unichip Corp. Prior to this post, Dr. Tseng had served
as deputy chief executive officer. Before that, he was the president
of TSMC since May 1998, and was TSMC's senior vice president
of operations from 1987 to 1996. In between those roles, Dr.
Tseng spent two years as president of Vanguard International
Semiconductor Corporation (VIS), which is derived from the Industrial
Technology Research Institute's (ITRI) Sub-micron Process Technology
Development Project and was Taiwan's first 8-inch IC facility.
Dr. Tseng led 110 specialists to spin off from ITRI's Electronics
Research & Service Organization (ERSO), and in 1987 co-founded
TSMC as a pioneer specializing in the "foundry only"
semiconductor manufacturing business. Dr. Tseng established
a solid technical base for TSMC's 6-inch and 8-inch fabs.
From 1973 to 1986, Dr. Tseng served at ITRI-ERSO, where in
1976 he was one of the pioneers in setting up the IC project
in Taiwan. He was responsible for installing the 7.5 mm metal-gate
CMOS process into the 3-inch line, which later was converted
smoothly to 4-inch under his management. In 1978, Dr. Tseng
was promoted to plant manager of the IC demonstration plant,
where he was responsible for the production and development
of silicon-gate CMOS from 5 mm to 1.2. Under his supervision,
he established the capability to develop an advanced CMOS
process.
He holds a Ph.D in Electrical Engineering from National Cheng
Kung University, Taiwan. Dr. Tseng was named as one of the
"Outstanding Alumni" by National Cheng Kung University
in 2000, and one of the "Ten Outstanding Engineers"
in 1991 and "The Excellent Engineers" in 1982 respectively
by the Chinese Institute of Engineers and by Electronic Buyer's
News as one of the Hot 25-Industry Executives who made a difference
in 1999. |
