A laser diode (LD) end-pumped Yb∶YAG (Yb∶Y3Al5O12) chip laser has been demonstrated. The pumping source is a fiber coupled laser diode array with maximum output power of 13.56 W at 940 nm. The diameter of the fiber is 800 μm. Two lenses with focal length ratio of 30∶12 have been used to compress the pumping light into the laser crystal. 3.06 W continuous wave (CW) output power was obtained from the 8 at.-% doped, 1.6 mm thick Yb∶YAG crystal, the whole experiment set was cooled by thermoelectric cooler (TEC) and cooling water, slope efficiency was 33.1%, the M2 values were measured to be 1.54 and 1.73 in the x and y directions respectively.