Wu Dexin

Wu Dexin
吴德馨
Born(1936-12-20)20 December 1936
Laoting County, Hebei, China
Died23 March 2026(2026-03-23) (aged 89)
Alma materTsinghua University
SpouseWang Wei
Scientific career
FieldsSemiconductor
Integrated circuit
WorkplacesInstitute of Microelectronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese吴德馨
Traditional Chinese吳德馨
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinWú Déxīn

Wu Dexin (20 December 1936 – 23 March 2026) was a Chinese scientist who specialised in semiconductor and integrated circuit.[1] She was an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.[1]

Early life and career

Wu was born in Laoting County, Hebei on 20 December 1936. After graduating from the Department of Radio Electronic Engineering, Tsinghua University in 1961, she was despatched to the Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences.[2] She joined the Chinese Communist Party in January 1979.[2] In 1986, she was transferred to CAS's Microelectronics Center (now Institute of Microelectronics) and appointed deputy director. In 1991, she was promoted to become director, a position she held until 1997. In 1992, she was employed by the State Science and Technology Commission (now Ministry of Science and Technology) as the chief scientist of the project "deep submicron structure devices and mesoscopic physics".[3]

She was a delegate and member of the 9th Standing Committee of the National People's Congress.[3]

Personal life and death

Wu was married to Wang Wei, who is also an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.[2] She died on 23 March 2026, at the age of 89.[4]

Honors and awards

References

  1. 1 2 吴德馨. cas.cn (in Chinese). 20 June 2009. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 Cui Shuang (崔爽) (19 June 2021). 百名院士入党心声 吴德馨：耄耋之年为芯片研究奔走的女院士. sina (in Chinese). Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  3. 1 2 Han Tai, ed. (1999). 新中国50年 中 [the Past 50 Years of the People's Republic of China] (in Chinese). Beijing: Red Flag Press. p. 897. ISBN 7-5051-0423-3.
  4. ↑ "吴德馨同志生平". IME. 24 March 2026. Retrieved 24 March 2026.
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