Chen Jin (computer scientist), Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Chinese computer scientist
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Place of Birth: Fujian, China
About Chen Jin (computer scientist)
- Chen Jin (Chinese: ??; pinyin: Chén Jìn; born in 1968) is a Chinese computer scientist. Chen was born in Fujian, China, in 1968, along with a twin brother.
- He earned a bachelor's degree from Tongji University in Shanghai and in 1991, moved to the United States to study computer engineering at the University of Texas at Austin.
- In 1998, he earned a Ph.D.
- there while working at Motorola's Austin research center.
- Chen moved back to China in 2000 and worked at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. In 2003, Chen announced a breakthrough in microchip design.
- The Chinese government, eager to develop an indigenous hi-tech industry, greeted the news with great delight.
- He was appointed Dean of Microelectronics at Shanghai Jiao Tong University and promised to deliver newer chips Hanxin II and III in 2004.
- However, it was proven to be fraudulent as a whistleblower revealed that the Hanxin chip was not his creation.
- This resulted in his expulsion and possible criminal investigation by authorities.
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