FORMOSA FILES PODCAST S4-E18: Taiwan's Greatest Modern Company - TSMC (The Morris Chang story)
The person who did most of the work creating the company people around the world almost immediately associate with Taiwan has no ancestors from this island, was not born here, didn't go to school here, and only came here for the first time when he was almost 40 years old. But, of course, Morris Chang 張忠謀 didn't create Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) out of thin air, nor was he the sole person who set up the famous Taiwanese microchip powerhouse.
He had partners, backers, and more than a little assistance from the Taiwanese government. Check out this fascinating story on Formosa Files.
Cover: On the far right, Morris Chang 張忠謀, the founder of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), on the left is the TMSC logo, and the photo in the background shows TSMC factories in Taichung's Central Taiwan Science Park. All pics via Wikimedia Commons.
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The Formosa Files podcast is sponsored by the FRANK CHEN FOUNDATION (陳啟川先生文教基金會)
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This top-rated history podcast tells stories from the history of Formosa (Taiwan) from circa 1600 C.E. - 2000 C.E., via interesting, lesser-known short stories presented in a non-chronological order.
HOSTS: John Ross is an author and co-founder of publisher Camphor Press, which specializes in books on Taiwan and China in English, while Eryk Michael Smith has worked as a writer and journalist for multiple media outlets in Taiwan, including the island's only English-language radio station ICRT (FM 100.7). Both Ross and Smith have lived in Taiwan for well over 20 years and call the island home.
