Mr. Y.P. Chin is currently Vice President of Operations in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC). Prior to this post, he was Vice President of Advanced Technology Business in TSMC, sharing responsibility with Senior Vice President Dr. Mark Liu for TSMC's advanced technology and 300mm fab operations.

Mr. Chin joined TSMC at the company's inception in 1987, and has made significant contribution to TSMC's product engineering capability throughout his career. He was Director of Fab 1 from 1997 to 1998, and in later positions has helped to improve yield learning rates in all new generations of advanced technology, including 0.13um, 90nm, 65nm, and 45nm. Mr. Chin also pioneered the development of TSMC's Golden Spice Modeling methodology and Design For Manufacturing program.

Prior to joining TSMC, Mr. Chin worked as an engineer with the Industrial Technology Research Institute's Electronics Research and Service Organization (ERSO-ITRI). Mr. Chin earned his B.S. and Masters degrees in Electrical Engineering from National Cheng Kung University in 1978 and 1982 respectively.