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[News] Breaking: TSMC’s New Co-COOs Announced


2024-02-29 Semiconductors editor

TSMC has announced the latest appointment of Senior Vice President of R&D Dr. Y.J. Mii and Senior Vice President of Operations Mr. Y.P. Chyn as Executive Vice Presidents and Co-Chief Operating Officers of TSMC today, per TSMC’s earlier press release.

According to the press release, following these appointments, the two Executive VPs and Co-COOs, as well as TSMC’s HR, Finance, Legal and Corporate Planning organizations, will report directly to Chief Executive Officer Dr. C.C.Wei. All other organizations will report to the two Executive VPs and Co-COOs. The new organizational structure will take effect on March 1, 2024.

As per TSMC’s introduction of its executives in the official website, Mr. Y.P. Chin joined TSMC when it was founded in 1987 and has made significant contribution to the Company’s product engineering capabilities throughout his career. He was Director of Fab 1 from 1997 to 1998, and in later positions supported yield improvement in all new generations of advanced technology, including the 28nm, 16nm, and 7nm nodes.

Mr. Y.P. Chin is Senior Vice President of Operations at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (TSMC). He is responsible for the operation and management of all fabs in Taiwan and overseas. He also co-leads TSMC’s Overseas Operations Office which is responsible for supporting the company’s global expansion and accelerating the organizational effectiveness of overseas operations.

On the other hand, Dr. Y.J. Mii joined TSMC in 1994 as a manager at Fab 3 and then joined the company’s R&D organization in 2001. In 2011, Dr. Mii was appointed Vice President of Research and Development and later he was promoted to Senior Vice President in November 2016.

In more than two decades of services at TSMC, Dr. Mii has contributed greatly to the development and manufacturing of advanced CMOS technologies in both Fab Operations and R&D. He successfully managed the development of 90nm, 40nm and 28nm technologies. By spearheading the research and development of 16nm, 7nm, 5nm, and beyond, he has helped maintain TSMC’s technology leadership in the foundry segment of the global semiconductor industry.

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Please note that this article cites information from TSMC.