C.S. Yoo

Dr. C.S. Yoo is Vice President of More-than-Moore Technologies at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (TSMC), responsible for strategic planning, project management, and customer services of TSMC’s strategic customer program. Prior to this post, Dr. Yoo was Senior Director of TSMC’s Office of Strategy Customer Program in May of 2019. Since joining TSMC in 1988, Dr. Yoo has served in a variety of manufacturing and research & development positions in the Company. From 1991 to 1995, Dr. Yoo was an SRAM program manager, successfully developing and delivering 0.65um, 0.55um, 0.5um, 0.45um, and 0.35um technologies while introducing the triple poly technology to 0.35um to significantly increase the number of gross die per wafer. Dr. Yoo was then promoted to be Deputy Director of the SRAM/DRAM and embedded DRAM Program. In 1996, Dr. Yoo delivered 0.35um DRAM into production. In 1997 he joined the E-Beam Operation (EBO) Division and successfully led the team to deliver masks for key technologies from 0.18um to 5nm. In 2016, he developed customized robots and an auto-particle inspection system to enhance automation.

With more than three decades of practical experience in semiconductor operations management, Dr. Yoo received the “National Manager Excellence Award” in 2008, recognizing his achievement in developing the world’s most advanced mask technology. In 2017, Dr. Yoo led the EBO team to successfully deliver EUV reticles and pellicles, helping TSMC to introduce EUV into production.

In 1979, Dr. Yoo graduated with a degree in Chemical Engineering from the National Taipei Institute of Technology (Now the National Taipei University of Technology), and was certified as a professional chemical engineer in the same year. Dr. Yoo then received an M.S. degree and Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the Worcester Polytechnic Institute, U.S.A.

With more than three decades of practical experience in semiconductor operations management, Dr. Yoo received the “National Manager Excellence Award” in 2008, recognizing his achievement in developing the world’s most advanced mask technology. In 2017, Dr. Yoo led the EBO team to successfully deliver EUV reticles and pellicles, helping TSMC to introduce EUV into production.

In 1979, Dr. Yoo graduated with a degree in Chemical Engineering from the National Taipei Institute of Technology (Now the National Taipei University of Technology), and was certified as a professional chemical engineer in the same year. Dr. Yoo then received an M.S. degree and Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the Worcester Polytechnic Institute, U.S.A.