Summary : Morris Chang is the father of the semiconductor foundry industry
Morris Chang is the father of the semiconductor foundry industry
- TSMC was the first dedicated chip foundry
- Prior to his founding of TSMC, there was only a foundry service model
- Service providers were suppliers and competitors
- Foundry services were only a side business to fill capacity
- TSMC was architected to be trusted
- Would never compete with its customers
- A true visionary, he saw how EDA’s cleaving of design and process made it possible to split the industry into fabless and foundry
- Ending IDM foundry service conflicts of interest
