Alan Zhou, Ph.D.
Biography
Dr. Alan Zhou has over 30 years of executive experience in multinational and startup companies within the semiconductor industry. Currently serving as the CEO of Shanghai Pixelworks Stock Limited Co. Formerly he was the CEO of BelGaN and Chairman of GaNcool. Before that, he was an Executive Vice President (EVP) of Pixelworks and the President of its China subsidiary, he was responsible for corporate restructuring, financing, acquisitions, and preparations for a STAR Market listing; He also served as the managing partner and Chief Strategy Officer (CTO) at the National IC Fund’s Fujian Anxin Capital, overseeing global investments and acquisitions for the third generation compound semiconductors; a Corporate Vice President at Qualcomm in charge of the smartphone chipset business worth over $3 billion; and a Managing Director at Lucent Technologies, where he led the development and design of China’s first local brand GSM mobile phone reference design and chipset. In 1998, he co-founded MEMSIC, a MEMS sensor company listed in NASDAQ around 2007; and in 1994, served as the General Manager of AT&T Bell Laboratories in Wuxi, managing the technology transfer and construction of China’s first sub-micron very large scale integrated circuit (VLSI) manufacturing Fab for the national 908 Project, which led to the establishment of CSMC went public in HongKong, then acquired by China Resources Group, now known as China Resources Microelectronics listed in the STAR exchange. Dr.Zhou graduated from MIT and earned a Master and Doctor degree in Microelectronics and Computer Science.
Company Profile
Pixelworks
Pixelworks’ technology and solutions cover end to end, optimized video delivery that is true to its creator’s intent with a highly authentic viewing experience. Our innovations over two decades has resulted in a strong IP portfolio related to the visual display of digital image data. Our vision is that every screen, no matter how big or small, deserves the highest picture quality. This vision has driven us to develop technology that spans the range from digital projection systems and large flat panel displays to small, low power mobile devices such as smartphones. We also develop innovative methods to apply our core technologies to reduce overall system power and help reduce the bandwidth burden that comes with the display of HD and UHD video.
The relentless advancement of display technology and explosive growth of video consumption driven by digital delivery systems and mobile applications are increasing the necessity and demand for Video Display Processing technology. To meet this growing demand, we deliver our technology as IP cores, semiconductors, software and custom ASIC solutions. This flexible approach allows our customers to deliver the highest video quality in a multitude of applications and form factors while also providing the ability for end product differentiation. Our primary target markets include smartphones, tablets and digital projection systems.
We focus our investments on developing video enhancement solutions for Video Delivery, Mobile Devices and Projectors market segments, with particular attention to increasing performance, video quality, device functionality and saving power. Additionally, we look for ways to leverage our research and development investment into products that address other high-value markets where our innovative proprietary technology provides differentiation for us and our customers. We continually seek to expand our technology portfolio through internal development, co-development with business partners.