Chen Jin was born in coastal Fujian Province in 1968, along with a twin brother. Earned a bachelor's degree at Tongji University in Shanghai and in 1991, moved to the United States to study computer engineering at the University of Texas at Austin.

In 1998, he earned a Ph.D. there while working at Motorola's Austin research center, praised by his colleagues for being brilliant. Jin moved back to China in 2000, he later worked in Jiaotong University

Jiaotong University

Jiaotong University, Jiao Tong University or Chiao Tung University , located at Shanghai, Tangshan and Peking during the early period of twentieth century, was the predecessor of the following universities:...

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In 2003 he announced a breakthrough in microchip design and China who is anxious to develop indigenous hi-tech industry, greeted the news with great delight. Given money by grateful Chinese government, he was even named as dean of microelectronics at Jiaotong University

Jiaotong University

Jiaotong University, Jiao Tong University or Chiao Tung University , located at Shanghai, Tangshan and Peking during the early period of twentieth century, was the predecessor of the following universities:...

 and promises even to deliver newer chips Hanxin II and III in 2004. However, it was proven to be fraudulent as a whistleblower revealed Hanxin

Hanxin

Hanxin is the name of a digital signal processing microchip. A Chinese professor, Chen Jin, claimed to have developed the chip in 2003. Chen Jin was a professor at the prestigious Jiaotong University in Shanghai...

chips were not really his creation at all which resulted in his expulsion, retrieval of his research funds and possible criminal investigation by authorities.

The Chinese government banned him from any research in future.