Y.L. Wang

Dr. Y.L. Wang is Vice President of Fab Operations at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (TSMC). He joined TSMC in 1992, progressively gaining responsibility in various production management roles at TSMC's fabs during his early tenure, and was appointed TSMC's Vice President of Technology Development in October 2015 prior to the current post.

In his more than 20 years of services at TSMC, Dr. Wang has successfully contributed to mass production of the company's 0.35-micron, 0.25-micron, 0.18-micron, 0.13-micron, 90nm, 65nm, 40nm, 20nm and 16nm process technologies, significantly improving productivity and enhancing defect density. He also joined development of more advanced 10nm, 7nm, and 5nm technologies, and successfully transferred these technologies into fab production.

With a Strong track record of patents, Dr. Wang was awarded as an excellent engineer by the Chinese Institute of Engineers, and received the National Invention Award five times between 2005 and 2011. Currently he has 283 patents globally including 136 U.S. patents.

Dr. Wang received his B.S. degree in Physics from National Tsing Hua University; his M.S. degree in Materials Science from National Sun Yat-Sen University, and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from National Chiao Tung University.