Min Cao

Dr. Min Cao was appointed Vice President of Pathfinding in Technology Development at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (TSMC) in February 2018. Previously, Dr. Cao had served as Senior Director of TSMC's Pathfinding Division from 2016. Dr. Cao began his career at TSMC in 2002, and has successfully helped develop multiple generations of advanced CMOS technology including N90, N65, N40, N28, N20, and N10.

From 2006 to 2008, Dr. Cao led the development of N40G, TSMC's first technology node utilizing super density scaling. In 2009, he led the development of N28HP, the company's first node utilizing HKMG technology. Dr. Cao later led his team to develop N20, winning the Taiwan Ministry of Economic Affairs' National Industry Innovation Award in 2013. He also led the development of N10 from 2014 to 2016.

Prior to joining TSMC, Dr. Cao worked at Hewlett-Packard Laboratories from 1994 to 1999, PDF Solutions from 1999 to 2000, and Pericom Semiconductor from 2000 to 2002.

Dr. Cao holds a total of 36 patents in the field of integrated circuit technology. He has served on many conference committees, including IEDM and the Symposia on VLSI Technology and Circuits. Dr. Cao received his B.S. degree in Electronic Engineering from Fudan University in Shanghai, M.S. degree in Physics from San Francisco State University, and his Ph.D. degree in Physics from Stanford University.