5th．Individual award．Winner

The winner chairman Miin Wu founded Macronix in 1989 upon returning to Taiwan. He was the first to combine his statistics and semiconductor know-hows to build the world's first fully computerized fab and led Macronix to become one of the first semiconductor companies to measure defective products using the ppb (parts per billion) indicator. Macronix is now the second largest chip supplier in the global automotive market. Macronix has attracted outstanding overseas talents back to Taiwan with its innovative designs and trained a large pool of local R&D talent. It safeguards Taiwan's inventions with patents in Japan, the United States, and other markets.

Chairman Wu has nurtured nearly 40,000 technology talents and established the Miin Wu School of Computing with a donation of NT$1 billion (US$ 34 million) over 10 years. It spearheads innovative AI applications and cross-disciplinary talent grooming in Taiwan, making a significant contribution to the development of Taiwan's technology industry.

• Date of announcement：2024/04/18
• Last updated： 2024/05/22
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