Pure-play semiconductor foundry model
Fundición de semiconductores por encargo (modelo foundry)
- Date
- 1987 · confidence high
- Place
- Hsinchu Science Park, Taiwan
- Credited to
- Morris Chang (TSMC)
- People
- 👤 Morris Chang1931–
- Field
- Knowledge & symbols
What it is
A company dedicated solely to manufacturing chips designed by others, with no products of its own. It separated design from manufacturing and enabled the rise of fabless chip companies.
What it led to
- fabless chip design companies
- concentration of advanced manufacturing in Taiwan