Simon Sze

Simon Sze
施敏
Born(1936-03-21)21 March 1936
Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
Died6 November 2023(2023-11-06) (aged 87)
CitizenshipTaiwan
United States
Alma materNational Taiwan University (BS)
University of Washington (MS)
Stanford University (PhD)
Known forFloating-gate MOSFET
AwardsJ. J. Ebers Award (1991)
IEEE Celebrated Member (2017)
Future Science Prize (2021)
Scientific career
FieldsElectronic engineering
InstitutionsNational Yang Ming Chiao Tung University

Simon Min Sze, or Shi Min (Chinese: 施敏; pinyin: Shī Mǐn; 21 March 1936 – 6 November 2023), was a Taiwanese-American electrical engineer. He is best known for inventing the floating-gate MOSFET with Korean electrical engineer Dawon Kahng in 1967.