What Taiwan built

Taiwan’s greatest export isn’t chips. It’s capability.

01

Institutions first

A bridge between government, universities and industry.

02

Learning, not buying

What Taiwan acquired was not just technology.

03

A talent pipeline

Engineering talent for the decades ahead.

04

Engineering culture

Build on what others discovered and make it your own.

05

Patient money

Investment long before the returns are certain.

06

Adapt, not predict

It recognised it could not rely on the past.

07

An ecosystem

Institutions, talent and culture beginning to form together.

08

The outcome

Semiconductors: the most visible expression of the capability.