Shenggao Li

Shenggao Li, PhD

Director, Mixed-Signal and RF Solutions Division | TSMC North America

High-speed SerDes, Chiplets, Advanced Packaging Technologies, and Photonic Interconnects

About

Dr. Shenggao Li is a Director with the Mixed-Signal and RF Solutions Division at TSMC, North America, where he focuses on energy-efficient interconnects, including chiplet and 3D-IC interconnects such as UCIe and HBM physical layers, high-speed ADCs for wireless and wireline communications, and most recently, 200-400G co-packaged optics.


With over 20 years of experience delivering innovative solutions to products, Dr. Li brings deep knowledge of analog and mixed-signal design theory and techniques, RF design, phase-locked loops, and high-speed electronics. He is recognized as an expert in the area of high-speed SerDes, chiplet, 3DIC, and optical interconnects.


Prior to TSMC, Dr. Li served as a Principal Engineer, Section Leader, and Director of IP/SoC Strategy at Intel, where he led PCIe Gen3.0/4.0/5.0, UPI, and CXL PHY implementation and high-volume manufacturing across 5 generations of Xeon CPU products (32nm to 7nm), and drove strategic consolidation of redundant IP efforts.

Education

  • Business Executive Program
    Corporate Innovation
    Stanford University GSB
  • PhD, Electrical Engineering
    Ohio State University (Columbus)
  • MS
    Tsinghua University (Beijing)
  • BS
    Northwestern Polytechnical University (Xi'an)

Experience

Director, Mixed-Signal and RF Solutions Division

TSMC, North America

Current Position

Leading energy-efficient interconnect development including chiplet and 3D-IC interconnects (UCIe, HBM physical layer), high-speed ADCs for wireless and wireline communications, and photonic interconnects.

Director, IP/SoC Strategy | Principal Engineer & Section Leader

Intel Corporation

Previous Position

Led PCIe Gen3.0/4.0/5.0, UPI, and CXL PHY implementation and high-volume manufacturing across 5 generations of Xeon CPU products (32nm to 7nm). As Director of IP/SoC Strategy, drove strategic consolidation of redundant IP efforts. Served as Corporate-wide UniPHY Working Group Chair.

Selected Publications


2026 2025 2024 2022 2018 2014-2015 2011 2003

Corporate Publications


TSMC DTP Conference

Intel DTTC Conference

Patents


Granted Patents (2000-2024)

Recent Patent Applications (2020-2024)

Invited Talks & Keynotes

Awards & Recognition

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IEEE Senior Member

IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society

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50+ Patents

Clock, High-speed IO, Chiplet, and Heterogeneous Integration

TSMC Awards

Intel Product & Innovation Awards

Professional Service

IEEE Activities

Industry & Academic Advisory Boards

Endorsements

What colleagues and collaborators say about working with Dr. Li.

"I have known Dr. Shenggao Li for over a decade, beginning with our collaboration at Intel, where he consistently demonstrated deep circuit insight and ability to drive innovative solutions. His work on PCIe SerDes introduced creative techniques that influenced several generations of PCIe standards, and his leadership of Intel's PHY teams helped shape multiple product lines. His teams' silicon results and feedback directly strengthened the PCIe ecosystem and improved the standard. After Dr. Li joined TSMC, our paths crossed again in the UCIe Consortium, where he now co‑chairs the Form Factor and Compliance Workgroup. He has been an energetic advocate for chiplet technologies and has led key technical pathfinding efforts, especially in form factor optimization, and bandwidth scaling. His expertise spans 2.5D/3D integration, optical I/O, and high‑speed mixed‑signal design. One of his recent papers in the Open Journal of the Solid‑State Circuits Society became the journal's most widely read publication. Beyond his technical depth, Dr. Li is an effective team builder with broad intellectual curiosity. He is an exceptional engineer, a collaborative leader, and a valuable contributor to our industry."

JW

Zuoguo (Joe) Wu

Sr. Principal Engineer & I/O Circuit Architecture Manager, Intel Corporation

Sr. Principal Engineer & I/O Circuit Architecture Manager at Intel. Principal author of the UCIe specification and contributor to PCIe since Gen 3.0. Co-chairs the UCIe Electrical Workgroup. Holds 173 patents and 50+ publications. Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, Texas A&M University.

"I've had the pleasure of working closely with Shenggao on the Universal Chiplet Interconnect Express (UCIe) standard, where we collaborated on the physical bump map definition for advanced packaging modules. This was complex, high-stakes work that helped enable extremely high bandwidth-density targets (20+ Tb/s/mm), and Shenggao was instrumental in delivering a robust solution. Shenggao can dive deep into the physics and implementation tradeoffs of an interface without losing sight of system-level goals. He pushed for choices that met the spec and would scale cleanly for future generations, with the rigor needed to build a foundation the industry can rely on. In a cross-company standardization environment, he aligned diverse stakeholders, kept discussions grounded in first principles, and drove decisions without compromising technical quality. I also value his research on chiplet-system I/O. His publications are consistently clear and data-driven, turning complex architecture, signaling, and packaging co-optimization into practical, manufacturable guidance. His rare combination of technical depth, foresight, and collaborative leadership has left a lasting mark on the chiplet industry — and the work we built together is a testament to that."

ZQ

Zhiguo Qian

Sr. Principal Engineer, Intel Corporation

Sr. Principal Engineer at Intel with 16+ years in advanced semiconductor packaging and high-speed I/O. Founding co-author of the UCIe standard and contributor to the IEEE EPS Heterogeneous Integration Roadmap. IEEE Senior Member. Ph.D., UIUC. 70+ papers, 60+ U.S. patents, 3,000+ citations.

"I am pleased to offer my strongest endorsement of Dr. Shenggao Li, an industry expert in mixed‑signal, RF, and high‑speed interconnect technologies. I worked closely with Shenggao across multiple generations of Intel Xeon server products, from 32nm to 7nm, and consistently witnessed his exceptional technical depth, strategic vision, and commitment to engineering excellence. At Intel, Shenggao played a pivotal role in developing and manufacturing PCIe Gen3/4/5, UPI, and CXL PHYs, guiding these interconnects from architecture through silicon bring‑up and production. His ability to turn complex analog and mixed‑signal concepts into robust, manufacturable IP was essential to the success of multiple Xeon products. He also demonstrated outstanding leadership as a Principal Engineer, Section Leader, and Director of IP/SoC Strategy. Shenggao is one of the most capable and forward‑thinking engineers I have worked with. His technical leadership and collaborative spirit make him an invaluable asset to any organization at the forefront of semiconductor innovation."

YF

Yongping Fan

Retired Sr. Principal Engineer & Sr. Director of Foundry Circuit Technology, Intel Corporation

Retired Sr. Principal Engineer & Sr. Director of Foundry Circuit Technology at Intel, with 26+ years specializing in analog and mixed-signal circuits across 180nm to 18A nodes. Ph.D., Purdue University. 47 papers, 24 U.S. patents. Recipient of the ISSCC 2021 Lewis Winner Award for Outstanding Paper.

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