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Backside Power Delivery (BSPD), also called Backside Power Delivery Network (BSPDN) or backside power via (BPV) technology, is a semiconductor manufacturing innovation in which the chip’s primary power distribution network is relocated from the front side (transistor and signal interconnect layers) to the backside of the… Read More
Born: October 12, 1950 – San Francisco, California, U.S.
Died: October 2, 2017 – Sonoma County, California, U.S.
Education:
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B.A. in Economics, University of San Francisco (1972)
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M.B.A., University of California, Berkeley (1974)
Occupation: Business executive
Known For: 5th CEO of Intel Corporation (2005–2013), leading … Read More
Luc Van den hove – Expanded Wiki
Full Name: Luc Van den hove
Born: 1960, Belgium
Nationality: Belgian
Current Role (as of 2025): President and CEO, imec
Fields: Semiconductor technology, nanoelectronics, R&D management, photonics, AI hardware, quantum computing
Education: Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, KU Leuven … Read More
CMOS 2.0 Wikiby Daniel Nenni on 08-04-2025 at 8:39 am
CMOS 2.0 refers to the next era of transistor and process technology innovation that succeeds traditional FinFET-based CMOS scaling. It encompasses a suite of architectural, materials, and integration innovations aimed at extending Moore’s Law into the angstrom era. CMOS 2.0 is characterized by Gate-All-Around (GAA) transistors… Read More
Definition
A semiconductor is a material whose electrical conductivity lies between that of a conductor and an insulator. Semiconductors are fundamental to modern electronics and enable devices such as transistors, diodes, sensors, and integrated circuits (ICs). Their conductivity can be precisely controlled, making … Read More
Dr. Cliff Hou (侯永清)
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Senior Vice President of Technology Development, TSMC
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Key architect of the TSMC Open Innovation Platform (OIP)
Dr. Cliff Hou is Senior Vice President, Deputy Co-COO and Chief Information Security Officer at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (TSMC). He is also deputy of Mr. Y.P. Chyn. Prior… Read More
Dr. Yuh-Jier (Y.J.) Mii (米玉傑)
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Dr. Y.J. Mii is Executive Vice President and Co-Chief Operating Officer at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (TSMC). Dr. Mii joined TSMC in 1994 as a manager at Fab 3 and… Read More
Full Name: Jen-Hsun “Jensen” Huang
Born: February 17, 1963, Tainan, Taiwan
Nationality: Taiwanese-American
Education:
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B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Oregon State University (1984)
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M.S. in Electrical Engineering, Stanford University (1992)
Overview
Jensen Huang is the co-founder, president, and CEO of… Read More
Rapidus 2nm is Japan’s flagship next-generation logic process node, under development by Rapidus Corporation in collaboration with IBM and imec, targeting high-performance, energy-efficient, leading-edge semiconductor manufacturing. The goal is to achieve mass production readiness by 2027, marking Japan’s re-entry… Read More
Intel’s Pearl Harbor Moment