Yintang Yang is a Professor at the School of Microelectronics, Xidian University, Xi’an, China. He received his BSc (1982) and MSc (1984) from Xidian University, and his Ph.D. in Microelectronics and Solid-State Electronics from Xi’an Jiaotong University, in 2000. He successively held the positions of the Director of the Research Institute of Microelectronics, the Deputy Dean of the School of Technical Physics, the Dean of the School of Microelectronics, the Director of the Development Planning Department and concurrently the Director of the “Project 211” Office, the Assistant President of Xidian University, and concurrently the Deputy Leader of the Military Electronic Component and Device Expert Group of the General Armament Department of the People’s Liberation Army of China. His main areas include IC design, SOC, and advanced devices.