Robert Yung, Ph.D. is executive vice president and chief technology officer (CTO) of Tessera. Dr. Yung joined the company in May 2009, reporting to Tessera’s CEO and President, Henry R. “Hank” Nothhaft. Yung is responsible for Tessera’s technology vision and direction for its continuing innovation in, and development of, miniaturization technologies for wireless, consumer and computing electronic devices. He will also help set the corporate strategy and developing the technology road map.

Prior to Tessera, Yung was with PMC Sierra, a provider of broadband communications and storage semiconductors, which he joined in 2005 as vice president and CTO. Before PMC Sierra, he served as CTO for Intel Corporation’s Enterprise Processors Group, CTO for Intel’s Communications Products Group, and CTO for [Intel] China, where he directed Intel’s China research. Yung previously spent time as Sun Microsystems Inc.’s CTO for Asia, and has held management and founding directorial positions at Nexgen Microsystems and Xenologic Inc.

Yung was named to the National Committee of U.S.-China Relation's Fellow during the inaugural Young Leader Forum in 2002. In 2000, he was named to the World Economic Forum's “Top 100 Global Leaders for Tomorrow,” in Davos, Switzerland. Yung earned his B.A., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering and computer science at the University of California at Berkeley. He is the inventor of 70 issued and more than 20 pending patents.