Scan the code to share to the circle of friends [TechWeb] On April 20, according to foreign media reports, Yin Zhiyao, founder of China Micro Semiconductor (China Micro Corporation), a leading semiconductor equipment company in China, has given up his American nationality and restored his Chinese nationality.

According to AMEC's 2024 annual report, Yin Zhiyao was born in 1944, is a Chinese national, holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Science and Technology of China, and a Ph.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles. In the 2022 annual report released by AMEC, Yin Zhiyao is an American citizen, while in the 2023 annual report, AMEC did not disclose Yin Zhiyao's nationality.

From 1984 to 2004, Yin Zhiyao worked in a number of overseas technology companies: from 1984 to 1986, he worked as a process engineer in the technology development department of Intel Center; From 1986 to 1991, he worked at Lam Research Semiconductor as a senior engineer in the R&D department and a senior manager in the R&D department. From 1991 to 2004, he worked at Applied Materials, successively serving as Chief Technology Officer of the Plasma Etching Equipment Product Division, Vice President of the Head Office, General Manager of the Plasma Etching Business Group, and Chief Technology Officer of the Asia Headquarters.

Since 2004, Yin Zhiyao has served as the chairman, general manager and core technical personnel of AMEC.

The plasma etching equipment and chemical thin film equipment developed by AMEC are the key equipment for the manufacture of various microscopic devices, which can process various devices at the micrometer and nano scale.

At the close of trading on Friday, the share price of China Micro Corporation (SH:688012) fell 0.78% to 190 yuan, with a total market value of about 118.249 billion yuan. (Song Xing).