Yiming Zhu

Yiming Zhu is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of ChangXin Memory Technologies, Inc. (CXMT).

Prior to joining CXMT, Yiming was Chief Executive Officer of GigaDevice Semiconductor Inc. (GigaDevice), which he founded in 2005 and soon became a leading player in the global NOR Flash market. He brought innovative minds and passion to the company to develop products empowering various smart applications. Currently, he also serves as Chairman of GigaDevice.

Yiming is widely credited as a pioneer in China’s memory industry. He has participated in a number of key R&D projects in China and filed more than 50 patents at home and abroad. Yiming has also won numerous honors and awards, including the “Innovator of the Year” by Global Sources and the “IC Design Leader of the Year in China” by China Semiconductor Industry Association IC Design Branch in 2013.

Yiming received his bachelor’s and master’s Degrees from Tsinghua University and another master’s Degree from the State University of New York at Stony Brook, before starting his career in US as an R&D engineer.