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Taiwan's Semiconductor Miracle From Periphery to Core

By Tain-Jy Chen, Chin-Tay Shih Copyright 2026
196 Pages
by Routledge

196 Pages
by Routledge

This book examines how a series of inconceivable developments in the semiconductor industry over the last 40 years shaped modern Taiwan. Covering one of the most dramatic episodes in modern technology history, this book outlines the ascent of a resource-impoverished and technology-disadvantaged country to a leading position in the world’s most complex industry, which requires immense resources... Read more

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  

Biography

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.