Andy Wei Joins Chipworks as Senior Technology Fellow

OTTAWA, ON--(Marketwired - May 5, 2015) - Chipworks, the patent and technology partner to the world's most successful companies, today announced that Andy Wei, an expert on advanced CMOS (aCMOS) technology, has joined the firm as Senior Technology Fellow. In this role, Mr. Wei will identify, analyze, and forecast key trends in the aCMOS technology arena, provide strategy and support to Chipworks aCMOS clients and serve as a mentor for engineers throughout the company.

"Mr. Wei's extraordinary experience and in-depth expertise in advanced semiconductor technologies, as well as his experience developing and patenting IP, are exceptional assets to both Chipworks and our clients. We are delighted that he is part of the Chipworks team," said Chipworks President Julia Elvidge.

Prior to joining Chipworks, Mr. Wei worked with GLOBALFOUNDRIES Fab8, in Malta, New York, and Fab1 in Dresden, Germany. As a Distinguished Member of Technical Staff, he focused on process architecture, process integration, and design-technology co-optimization in the 28nm, 20nm, 14nm, 10nm, and 7nm technology nodes. Before that, he was a Senior Member of Technical Staff at Advanced Micro Devices working on process integration in Fab 36 and Fab 30 (Dresden, Germany), and Fab 25 (Austin, Texas). In this period, his work spanned the technology nodes from 180nm down to 32nm, having roles ranging from manufacturing, development, to process pathfinding.

A highly sought-after expert, Mr. Wei has authored numerous papers and articles for leading trade journals and presented at industry symposiums and events around the world. He has been recognized by his peers for his expertise and contributions to advanced semiconductor technology. In the past 15 years, Mr. Wei has received or has pending more than 230 patents.

Mr. Wei earned his bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the University of Arizona, Tucson, Ariz. He completed both his master's degree and his Ph.D. in electrical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass.

About Chipworks

For over 20 years Chipworks has been a trusted patent and technology partner to the world's largest and most successful companies. Business leaders rely on the company to help them identify and fully leverage their most valuable patents and provide crucial analysis of high-revenue products in the most competitive, fastest changing technology markets. By combining deep patent and market knowledge with an unmatched ability to analyze the broadest range of technology products, Chipworks is able to provide the most insightful Patent Intelligence and Competitive Technical Intelligence services in the industry.

Chipworks is based in Ottawa, Canada and works with customers from its offices in the United States, Europe, Japan, Taiwan, and Korea. For more information visit www.chipworks.com, email info@chipworks.com, or call +1.613.829.0414.