Why Taiwan Didn’t Steal America’s Chip Industry (Pt. 3: Industry & Culture)

Building advanced semiconductor foundries — and serving as the world’s trusted semiconductor supply chain capital — requires far more than purchasing multi-million-dollar lithography equipment. It also requires a fundamental alignment between a company’s business strategy, structural architecture, and organizational culture.

In the last episode of a three-part Strait Forward miniseries on why Taiwan did not steal America’s chip industry, host Channing Lee speaks with Dr. Konrad Young, a former Director for Research and Development (R&D) at TSMC, to discuss the secret sauce behind Taiwan’s semiconductor industry — and why Taiwan’s partnership with American tech firms has been the key to both countries’ technological successes.