Morris Chang Recognized as the 2022 IEEE EDS Celebrated Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) named Dr. Morris Chang, TSMC, as the “IEEE EDS Celebrated Member” of 2022. This recognition will take place during the 2022 IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM) in San Francisco, California, U.S.A. EDS takes pride in the accomplishments of our Celebrated Members and draw from the inspiration to advance our field and to achieve more because it is not only their work but ours as well, that can help transform the world around us.

Dr. Morris Chang founded Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. (TSMC) in 1987, served as its Chairman for 31 years, and its CEO for many of those 31 years. Dr. Chang retired from TSMC in June 2018. TSMC pioneered the dedicated silicon foundry business model and has served as a powerful force of innovation in the information industry.

Prior to his career in Taiwan, Dr. Chang’s career was in the United States. He served at Texas Instruments for 25 years (1958–1983), where he was Group Vice President responsible for worldwide semiconductor business for six years.

Dr. Chang received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from M.I.T. in 1952 and 1953, and his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford in 1964. He has received honorary doctorates from eight universities worldwide.

Dr. Chang received many honors and awards in his career. Among them were: the “Exemplary Leadership Award” of the Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA) (1999), the IEEE Robert N. Noyce Medal for Exceptional Contributions to Microelectronics Industry (2000), Nikkei Asia Prize (2005), and the highest honor of the Semiconductor Industry Association (U.S.), its Robert N. Noyce Award (2008). He received the IEEE Medal of Honor (2011), the R.O.C. Order of the Brilliant Star (2011), the SEMI Akira Inoue award for green management (2011), Businessman of the Year by Forbes Asia magazine (2012), the Visionary Award from SPIE (the international society for optics and photonics) (2014), and the R.O.C. Order of Propitious Clouds with Special Grand Cordon (2018).

Dr. Chang is a Member of National Academy of Engineering (U.S.A.), a Laureate of the Industrial Technology Research Institute (Taiwan), a Life Member Emeritus of MIT Corporation (U.S.A.), and Fellow of the Computer History Museum (U.S.A.).

IEEE is the world’s largest association of technical professionals, and the Celebrated Member distinction honors and recognizes esteemed alumni whose accomplishments inspire young scholars and researchers and take the field to new heights.

For more information, please visit https://eds.ieee.org/members/celebrated-members.

Ravi Todi, EDS President