In 1996, Chung-Kuan Cheng founded CLK computer-aided design, which was acquired by Mentor in 1998. At mentor he served as a chief scientist at Mentor Graphics.
In 1986, he joined the University of California, San Diego, where he is a Professor in the Computer Science and Engineering Department, an Adjunct Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department.
From 1984 to 1986 he was a senior CAD engineer at Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
Chung-Kuan Cheng received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering from National Taiwan University, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering and computer sciences from University of California, Berkeley in 1984.