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How did Morris Chang establish TSMC, currently valued at 897 Billion US dollars, at the Age of 55

How did Morris Chang establish TSMC at Age 55, currently valued at 897 Billion US dollars

Morris Chang founded TSMC in 1987 at age 55, revolutionizing the semiconductor industry with the innovative business model of a dedicated foundry, focusing solely on chip manufacturing while clients specialized in design. Despite setbacks, including being forced to leave General Instrument in 1983, Chang leveraged his extensive experience at Texas Instruments and as an advisor at ITRI to propose the idea of “specialized IC manufacturing services” at 55. With support from Taiwan’s government and investments from ITRI and Philips, he assembled top talent and built on ITRI’s semiconductor expertise to establish TSMC. Starting with 220 employees, TSMC grew to become the world’s largest foundry, cementing Taiwan’s global semiconductor leadership and proving that entrepreneurship thrives on vision and execution, regardless of age.

TSMC and Intel Net Income Comparison 2024Q2

TSMC and Intel Net Income Comparison 2001 Q1 to 2024 Q2 | TSMC (Net Income 8.2 billion) dominates Intel (Net Income – 1.6 billion) in the semiconductor foundry market.

We compared the quarterly net profits of the two leading semiconductor foundries in the world, TSMC and Intel, covering the period from the first quarter of 2001 to the second quarter of 2024. It can be seen that for most of the time before 2020, Intel’s net profit was greater than TSMC’s. However, starting in the second quarter of 2022, TSMC’s net profit surpassed Intel’s, thanks to its technological advantage in semiconductor foundry services. Over the past two years, Intel has even experienced losses in the first two quarters of 2024, while TSMC has consistently maintained profitability every quarter for more than 23 years, which is quite impressive. We also analyzed the significance behind this shift in profitability, including Intel’s decision in 2021 to re-enter the foundry market and the competition and challenges it has faced since then.