MediaTek hires former TSMC executive to boost AI chip packaging

By Wen-Yee Lee

TAIPEI, ‌May 4 (Reuters) - ​Taiwanese ​chip designer MediaTek said it has appointed former TSMC executive Douglas Yu ‌as a part-time adviser as it steps up ⁠advanced packaging work and expands into the AI chip ‌market.

Here are a few ‌details:

• Yu joined TSMC in 1994 and retired in 2025, holding a range of roles ​in backend research and development. He played a key part in developing TSMC's advanced ⁠packaging technologies, including its CoWoS (Chip on Wafer on Substrate).

• CoWoS ​is a key chip packaging technology widely used in artificial intelligence chips, including Nvidia ​chips.

• "We look forward to ‌leveraging his extensive industry experience and technical expertise to support the company's ⁠exploration and roadmap planning for future advanced packaging technologies, as well as to guide our R&D and ⁠investment strategy in advanced packaging-related products and technologies associated with ​TSMC," MediaTek said in a statement on Saturday.

• TSMC's CoWoS capacity has been in high demand, with customers ‌such as Nvidia and cloud service providers scrambling to secure capacity.

• Last ‌week, MediaTek said it expects to generate ⁠multiple billions of dollars ‌in revenue from ​its AI accelerator ASIC chips by 2027.

(Reporting by Wen-Yee Lee; Editing by Sherry ‌Jacob-Phillips)

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