None of it could have happened without decisions made decades earlier.

Researchers in 1970s clothes carrying glowing ideas across a small footbridge that joins a government building, a university and a factory.

ITRI, 1973

A bridge between government, universities and industry, moving ideas out of the laboratory and into the marketplace.

  • What it was: a bridge between government, universities and industry.
  • What it built: the engineering talent Taiwan would need.
1973Institution
An older engineer handing an early microchip to an eager young engineer across a workbench of 1970s electronics.

Technology from RCA

Easy to see as the beginning of Taiwan’s semiconductor industry. But only part of the story.

  • What it was: the transfer of manufacturing technology from RCA.
  • What it built: the ability to learn. To adapt.
1976Transfer
An engineer with a suitcase arriving at the gate of a brand-new semiconductor foundry at dawn.

Morris Chang returns

His leadership transformed the industry, but it was possible because the foundations had already been laid.

  • What it was: the decision to return to Taiwan and establish TSMC.
  • Why it worked: the foundations had already been laid.
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