A former Apple chip engineer from China has left the US tech giant to join China’s Fudan University in Shanghai, reports the South China Morning Post.
Fudan University is a national public university in Yangpu, Shanghai, China. It is affiliated with the Ministry of Education and is co-funded with the Shanghai Municipal Government.
Long Kong, who spent more than seven years at Apple’s California headquarters working on wireless semiconductors, has joined Fudan’s School of Microelectronics as a researcher and doctoral adviser, according to his profile on the university’s website. His work will focus on radio frequency integrated circuit (IC) system design, digital-analogue hybrid computing chips, and high-speed data interface ICs
The South China Morning Post says Kong’s move highlights a growing trend of Chinese-born engineers returning home amid Beijing’s push to develop advanced chips in the face of tightened US export controls.
