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Gerald Yin, Ph.D.
AMEC
Dr. Gerald Yin has served as AMEC’s chairman and CEO since the company was founded in 2004. He is the chief founder of AMEC and one of major leaders for worldwide plasma etch technology, product development and commercialization.
He worked in Silicon Valley for 20 years with Intel Central TD as a senior process engineer, Lam Research as Etch R&D department manager, and then worked for Applied Materials at different executive positions including CTO and later General Manager of Etch Product Business Group, and Corporate Vice President. He participated in and led a number of the most successful CCP and ICP plasma etcher development which help Lam Research and Applied Materials gaining etch market leader position. He is the major inventor of 90+ US patents and 200 other country patents.
Gerald have pursued chemical reactor development for more than 60 years with nearly 40 years’ experience in plasma etch ,thin film technology and equipment development. Dr. Yin graduated from Beijing Fourth High School and received BS from University of Science and Technology China in year 1967, after 10 years working for Petrochemical industry and Chinese Academy of Sciences, he pursued graduate study in Physical Chemistry at Beijing University .He went to US in 1980 and received Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from University of California (UCLA).
Draying was awarded the Outstanding Contribution Award for National Science and Technology Major Projects in 2010, received Magnolia Award of Shanghai in 2012. He was listed one of “Top Ten Pudong Economic Figures” in 2013, listed as one of “ 11 Figures of the Year in Shanghai“ in 2018. Together with Intel Chairman and other distinguished semi executives, Dr. Yin was named one of Top 10 “All Stars of International Semiconductor Industry” in 2018 by VLSI Research.
In 2020, Dr. Yin was named “ 50 Best CEOs in China “by Forbes. He was named as the sole major winner of 2021 Ernest Young Entrepreneur in China. He ranked 1st among the top ten “Best leaders of China Public Companies” by Security News in 2022 .He was named “ 50 Best CEOs in China” again by Forbes in 2025 and featured on the front cover of the Forbes Magazine in 2025 July.
尹志尧博士是中微公司首席创始人，21 年来一直担任董事长兼首席执行官。他参与尹志尧博士是中微公司首席创始人，21 年来一直担任董事长兼首席执行官。他参与并领导了国际集成电路设备业界一半以上成功的等离子体刻蚀设备开发，是几代等离子体刻蚀技术及设备的主要发明人和工业化应用的推动者之一。
尹博士曾在美国硅谷先后担任英特尔公司中心研发部资深工程师（Intel）、半导体设备的龙头公司—泛林公司（Lam Research）刻蚀机研发部主管和应用材料公司（Applied Materials）等离子体刻蚀事业群总经理及总公司副总裁。帮助上述企业成为国际等离子体刻蚀设备领先的公司。他也是 90多项 项美国专利和 200多项其他国家专利的主要发明人。
尹志尧博士从事物理化学反应器技术 62年。1967 年获中国科技大学化学物理学士学位，曾在石化部兰州炼油厂及中科院兰州化物所工作。1978年进入北京大学化学系就读研究生，1980 年赴美留学，于 1984 年获得了美国加州大学洛杉矶分校（UCLA）物理化学博士学位。
尹志尧博士在 2010 年获得国家科技重大专项突出贡献奖，2012 年获得
上海市“白玉兰纪念奖”，2013 年获得首届“浦东经济人物十强”，2018 年获得
“感动上海年度人物”11 人之一。2018 年获评国际半导体产业十大领军明星（All
Stars）。2020 年和荣登福布斯 50 名中国最佳 CEO 之一。2021年获得安永中国唯一的企业家大奖。2022 年在证券时报中国上市公司价值评选中，获得“中国上市公司年度领军人物奖”，并名列第一。2023 年获得上海市政府评定的“上海市科技进步奖”一等奖。2025年第二次荣登福布斯中国最佳50名CEO之一, 并成为福布斯中国杂志封面人物。
AMEC
Company Profile
Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment Inc. China (AMEC) is one of the most technologically advanced flagship enterprises in China’s integrated circuit (IC) equipment industry. It was among the first batch of companies listed on the STAR Market (Science and Technology Innovation Board) with the stock code: 688012.
Focused on the forefront of global technology, AMEC specializes in the research, development, manufacturing, and sales of critical semiconductor equipment such as plasma etching equipment, deep silicon etching equipment, and MOCVD systems used in the production of integrated circuits, LED chips, and other microdevices.
The company’s plasma etching equipment is widely used in advanced international manufacturing lines for 14nm, 7nm, and 5nm nodes, and it has also made significant progress in nodes below 5nm. AMEC’s MOCVD equipment has achieved a dominant position in both domestic and international markets for blue-light LED production.
In July 2019, AMEC was listed as one of the first 25 high-tech companies on the STAR Market and became the first company on the board to reach a market capitalization of over RMB 100 billion.
As of the end of June 2022, the company had filed 2,089 patent applications, with 1,189 patents granted.
In 2017, AMEC was the only Chinese company mentioned in a major report submitted by the U.S. President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology titled “Ensuring Long-Term U.S. Leadership in Semiconductors.”
In the Global Customer Satisfaction Survey for semiconductor equipment conducted by renowned U.S. consulting firm VLSI Research, AMEC ranked third globally in overall satisfaction in both 2018 and 2019. Specifically, it ranked second in plasma etching and first in chemical film equipment, making it the only Chinese chip equipment company to be included in the rankings — highlighting AMEC’s globally competitive and widely recognized products.
中微半导体设备（上海）股份有限公司是国内技术最领先的集成电路设备旗舰企业之一，是科创板首批上市企业（股票代码：688012）。面向世界科技前沿，中微公司聚焦用于集成电路、LED芯片等微观器件领域的等离子体刻蚀设备、深硅刻蚀设备和MOCVD设备等关键设备的研发、生产和销售。公司等离子体刻蚀设备已广泛应用于国际先进的14纳米、7纳米和5纳米生产线。在5纳米以下也取得了很好的进展。公司MOCVD设备在蓝光LED领域已占据国内外市场的主导地位。中微于2019年7月和25家高科技公司在科创板第一批上市，是科创板第一个达到千亿市值的公司。截至2022年6月底，公司申请了2089 项专利，已取得授权1189项。美国科技专家委员会2017年提交美国总统《确保美国在半导体产业的长期领导地位》的长篇报告，报告中唯一提到的中国公司就是中微公司。在美国知名咨询机构VLSI Research举办的全球半导体设备公司“客户满意度”调查和评比中，中微公司2018年及2019年综合评分均为全球第三，等离子体刻蚀名列第二，化学薄膜设备名列第一，也是唯一上榜的国内芯片设备企业，展现公司产品全球领先的竞争力和市场认可度。
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