If it takes a village to raise a child, it takes an entire industrial and financial ecosystem to build a state-of-the-art semiconductor plant. Just ask the world’s leading chip company Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation, which manufactures 90 per cent of the world’s highest performing semiconductors. Since its creation in 1987, TSMC has benefited from massive government support and partnered with scores of local investors, companies and educational institutions, weaving an extraordinarily intricate innovative web. TSMC is far more than a private company; it has been described as a project of the Taiwanese state.
若要把一個孩子養大，需要一個社區的努力；而要建成一座最先進的半導體工廠，則需要整個產業與金融生態系統的支撐。不妨問問全球領先的芯片公司臺積電(TSMC)——它生產了全球90%的頂尖性能半導體。自1987年成立以來，臺積電受益于政府的大力支持，并與眾多本地投資者、公司與教育機構合作，編織出一張極其復雜的創新網絡。臺積電遠不止是一家私營公司；它被形容為臺灣地區級的項目。