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Dr. Jackson Hu is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of UMC. He was elected to the Fabless Semiconductor Association (FSA) Board of Directors in 2004. A 26-year veteran of the industry Dr. Hu possesses extensive experience in the IC design industry in the fields of MPU Graphics and wireless communications.
Before joining UMC Dr. Hu served as President and CEO of SiRF Technology a fabless communications IC and IP company focused on GPS-based location technology which went public in April 2004. Dr. Hu also helped found IC Ensemble and Verticom which were acquired by Via Technology and Western Digital in 2000 and 1988 respectively.
Before joining SiRF Dr. Hu worked at S3 the leading fabless PC graphic chipset and software provider as senior vice president and general manager. While at S3 Hu helped grow the company into the market leader with 35% market share.
Dr. Hu earned his bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from National Taiwan University and his master's and doctorate degrees in computer science from the University of Illinois Urbana. He later earned an MBA from Santa Clara University. | 