Mark Liu

Mark Liu [1](Chinese: 劉德音; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lâu Tik-im, born 1954[2]) is executive chairman of the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC),[3] the world’s largest contract chipmaker,[4][5] since June 2018,[6] taking over from founder and chairman of TSMC Morris Chang when he retired.[7] TSMC has a market value of approximately US$185 billion.[8]

Early life and education

Liu was born in Taipei, Taiwan. He attended Taipei Municipal Jianguo High School[7] before receiving his B.S. degree in electrical engineering from National Taiwan University[9] and then his M.S. and Ph.D. in electrical engineering and computer science[10] at the University of California, Berkeley.[8]

Career

Liu started his career at Intel and AT&T Bell Laboratories in the United States.[11] From 1983 to 1987 he was with Intel Corporation, developing silicon process technologies for Intel microprocessors.[9] From 1987 to 1993, he was a research manager for the High Speed Electronics Research Laboratory with AT&T Bell Laboratory.[12] Liu began working at TSMC in 1993.[13][14] He served as the president of Worldwide Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp. in 2000 when TSMC acquired them.[15] He became chief operating officer of TSMC in 2012 and then assumed the role as co-CEO in 2013 with C.C. Wei.[8][16] Liu established TSMC's first 12-inch fab and its GIGAFAB operations.[17][18]

Under Liu's leadership, TSMC was awarded the position as a 2018 Thomson Reuters Top 100 Global Technology Leader.[19]

Liu is chairman of the Taiwan Semiconductor Industry Association (TSIA), serves on the Presidential CEO Advisory Board of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and serves on the Engineering Advisory Board at the UC Berkeley College of Engineering.[20]

In 2020, Liu was named an Industrial Technology Research Institute laureate.[21]

In July of 2020, Liu hired Hugo Barbosa Vazquez from Philips to work with him on market analysis and forecasting activities across all geographies.

References
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  8. "TSMC's Chang, known as father of Taiwan's chip industry, to retire". Reuters (in German). 2017-10-02. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
  9. "Dr. Mark Liu | SEMICON Taiwan". www.semicontaiwan.org. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
  10. "Smartphone slowdown tests new leadership at Taiwan's chip champion". Reuters. 2018-09-05. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
  11. "TSMC's new leadership: A picture in contrasts". Nikkei Asian Review. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
  12. "劉德音為何能帶領台積電安全度過地緣政治風暴？ - 財訊雙週刊". 財訊- 掌握趨勢 投資未來 | 最懂投資的財經媒體 (in Chinese). 2019-11-14. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
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  14. LAZYweb (2009-05-14). "創造一年三千億營收的兩大戰將 - 今周刊". www.businesstoday.com.tw (in Chinese). Retrieved 2020-06-07.
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  16. "TSMC tells US clients it can meet Pentagon security standards". Nikkei Asian Review. Retrieved 2020-06-07.
  17. "Executives - Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited". www.tsmc.com. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
  18. "劉德音內斂 與魏哲家互補領導台積電 | 產經 | 重點新聞 | 中央社 CNA". www.cna.com.tw (in Chinese). Retrieved 2020-05-27.
  19. "13 Taiwanese companies ranked among top 100 global tech leaders - Focus Taiwan". focustaiwan.tw (in Chinese). Retrieved 2020-05-27.
  20. "Executives - Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited". www.tsmc.com. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
  21. "TSMC chair, CEO among seven ITRI laureates - Focus Taiwan". focustaiwan.tw (in Chinese). Retrieved 2020-12-13.
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