
US President Barack Obama awards the National Medal of Technology and Innovation to Dr. Chenming Hu, University of California, Berkeley, for pioneering innovations in microelectronics including reliability technologies, the first industry-standard model for circuit design, and the first 3-dimensional transistors, which radically advanced semiconductor technology at the White House in Washington, DC, on May 19, 2016. / AFP PHOTO / Nicholas KammNICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images


