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Tain-Jy Chen is the TSE chair professor, Taipei School of Economics and Political Science, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan.

Chin-Tay Shih is a professor emeritus at the College of Technology Management, National Tsing-Hua University.

Klappentext

This book examines how a series of inconceivable developments in the semiconductor industry over the last forty years shaped modern Taiwan.

Inhalt

1. Introduction: Why Taiwan Succeeded in Semiconductors 2. Nascence of Taiwan's Semiconductor Industry 3. The Foundry Model 4. The DRAM Struggle 5. Sunrise and Sunset 6. The Chaebol Model 7. Microprocessors 8. Moore's Law 9. The Chinese Challenge 10. Semiconductors and Geopolitics