- Tze-Chiang Chen
Dr. Tze-Chiang Chen, or T. C. Chen ( _zh. 陳自強), joined the
IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center in 1984. He is currently anIBM Fellow and the Vice President of Science and Technology at Thomas J. Watson Research Center, IBM Research Division in Yorktown Heights, New York.During the period of Feb. 1999 - Feb. 2003, Dr. Chen was the Director of Advanced Logic/Memory Technology Development at the Semiconductor Research and Development Center, IBM Microelectronics Division in
East Fishkill, New York . During the period of 1992-1999, he was the Senior Manager responsible for the 64Mb/256Mb/1GbDRAM Technology Development in IBM/Siemens/Toshiba DRAM Development Alliance. Before assuming his role as the Project Manager in DRAM Development, he held a variety of managerial assignments in his career at IBM, including Functional Manager of High-PerformanceBiCMOS Technology, Manufacturing Engineering Manager in the Bipolar VLSI Line, and Manager of Optical Lithography Development at Watson Research Center.Dr. Chen was born in
Taiwan in 1951. He received the B.Sc. and M.S. degrees in physics fromNational Cheng Kung University , Taiwan, in 1974 and 1976, respectively, and the M.S. and Ph.D. Degrees in electrical engineering fromYale University in 1979 and 1985, respectively. He has published more than 60 papers in technical journals and conferences. His contributions to advanced bipolar technology had a major impact on IBMS/390 mainframe systems. More recently, his contributions toCMOS miniaturization and DRAM devices have had a profound impact on IBM’s leadership in CMOS process technology and DRAM manufacturing. Dr. Chen was elected as a Fellow Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE ) in 1998. Dr.Chen has been recognized with several IBM Technical Innovation Awards and was named IBM Distinguished Engineer and IBM Fellow in 1996 and 1999, respectively.External links
* [http://domino.research.ibm.com/comm/research_people.nsf/pages/chen.index.html T. C. Chen at IBM Research]
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