Overcoming challenges that had long frustrated many researchers outside IBM, he and his team pushed CMOS, the leading microelectronics technology used to manufacture computer chips, ahead by one to two years. For more than a decade, Dr. Shahidi has been at the forefront of high-performance CMOS development. His fundamental contributions to SOI and high-performance CMOS extended from early research on materials to the qualification and first successful production of commercially viable devices. This achievement has once more strengthened IBM's leadership position in high-performance digital logic, forcing competitors to follow and spurring customer demand for IBM eServers and microelectronics products. The first appointments were made in 1963.
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In addition to a history of accomplishments, candidates must show strong potential to make continued contributions to the business and to the industry. IBM Fellows are given broad latitude to identify and pursue projects in their area of expertise to advance IBM's technological leadership.