TSMC founder Morris Chang on the evolution of the semiconductor industry

As part of the Manufacturing@MIT Distinguished Speaker Series, Dr. Morris Chang SB ’52, SM ’53, ME ‘55, founder and former chairman and CEO of TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company), spoke about his extraordinary career, the evolution of the semiconductor industry, and TSMC’s transformative impact on it.

[@noddy12387]

Dont forget he's 92 years old now

[@phoso1]

Most people don't understand how important this man is to the world. 🙏 Thank God for Dr. Morris Chang

[@TECHNIACS]

Took too long for them to give him a standing ovation ...crowd should be roaring and cheering...the man is an ICON. It doesn't get any better. I believe God works through people like him to change the course of humanity. The world is indebted to innovators like you Dr. Morris Chang. THANK YOU!

[@user-fo3mt8zf2y]

很快全世界會再認識一個台灣人，他的成就不亞於張忠謀蔡英文，將會造福全世界

[@Tony_bobo]

@@user-fo3mt8zf2y Jensen Huang？ Lisa Su？

[@dinarwali386]

Dr. Morris Change deserves a Nobel Prize, surely. The kind of impact he has is second to none. Period.

[@albertlee8342]

Morris was born at the same generation of Charles Kao worked at ITT., who was Nobel Prize winner at the light signal transmissions by Fiber Optics.

[@girlAllenSa_wireless]

Agree😊

[@bankfinanzas6348]

Ing. Morris Chang is incredible Greetings from Peru 🇵🇪 everyone

[@csgod100]

I am truly inspired! I'm proud to have been born in Taiwan and am currently studying in the United States.

[@paws7983]

❤

[@javed876]

Love his humor and his stamina.

[@chandramouliramachandran4217]

We welcome Mr. Morris Chang to India, the growing country. We have younger generation with dedication to work.

[@marcusaurelius6607]

most of your laptops, smartphones, dishwashers, internet and digital telephony were largely enabled by the efforts of this man. deepest respect.

[@sairamgupta8691]

Listening to Morris Chang sir after reading chip war 👏🏽🙌🏽🧿

[@Paretozen]

Listening to Morris Chang after I read the introduction of chip war. Nice primer it seems.

[@jack831171]

The greatest tech giant of our era. Proud to be a Taiwanese as Morris Chang !!

[@beibei1986]

很可惜，他自己說他自己不是台灣人。他不是回到台灣，而是來到台灣。

[@user-sblvchanel6]

@@beibei1986並沒有，他在竹科那麽久，從沒說過這種話，他是說他從美國回到台灣，而不是來到台灣。

[@user-sblvchanel6]

Yes, he’s Taiwanese.

[@yanglee1404]

He was a Chinese mainlander, later an American immigrated from China, and a Taiwanese after around 55. He is now a Taiwanese.

[@user-fi2sg9ih4e]

他祖籍浙江，國籍美國，工作在台灣，但不是台灣人，謝謝。在血統上，他是中國人。要知道，台灣人血統上并不是中國人。台灣人的祖先是南島人和日本人。

[@jamess.2491]

It was a pleasure to see this talk in-person, having the opportunity to hear from people like Mr. Chang and Pat Gelsinger really makes me proud to be an MIT alum. Also, to anyone else in the Cambridge area you can sign up for these events completely free, even if you're not part of the MIT community.

[@JeremyDWilliamsOfficial]

We owe a very great debt of gratitude to Dr. Chang. More,, much more, than most realize!! Thank you Dr. Chang for all your hard work and dedication to make our world a better place!!

[@crlin1220]

Behind the experience curve theory of the TSMC, one element rarely mentioned is the innovations/patents that were generated thorough the company's experience curve and its R&D. The annual R&D budget of the TSMC is more than 5 billion US dollars. TSMC has more than 68000 patents globally in the semiconductor manufacturing technology. These things are continuously keeping the TSMC at the leading edge of manufacturing the most advanced chips in the world. No other company can surpass it. It is ignorant for some people to think that the success of the TSMC in Taiwan depends merely on the better exercise in logistics execution.

[@janet_dream]

this was simply amazing. thank you MIT. Dr. Chang spoke so intelligently and fluidly, and in English even as he's older now.

[@dideroteffect]

Most important part starts at 36:00. What made Taiwan particularly suited to making advanced chips.

[@huangjacqueline9581]

Japanese working culture in Taiwan is one crucial point.

[@nexusyang4832]

And a lot of young thriving livers.

[@lain11644]

Still sharper than most at 92

[@yummy77777]

He's a genius

[@leslie8]

Dr. Morris Chang is a living god. I'm so grateful for his dedication to creating the beautiful digital world we live in today.

[@Gatecrasher1]

A man who was waaaaaaaaaaay ahead of the curve

[@foremarke]

🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation: 00:00 🎤 *Dr. Morris Chang, founder of TSMC, speaks at MIT's Manufacturing Distinguished Speaker Series.* 02:07 🌍 *Morris Chang's ties to MIT and his educational background.* 03:50 💡 *Morris Chang's pivotal role in founding TSMC in 1987, transforming the semiconductor industry.* 05:40 🏢 *Impact of Morris Chang's contributions, including the renovation of MIT's Building E52.* 06:21 🚀 *Topics Morris Chang will cover: TSMC's chip production, technology advancements, and US investments.* 07:49 🤔 *Morris Chang reflects on his time at MIT, emphasizing the influence of failures on his life.* 10:25 🕰️ *Overview of semiconductor history: transistors, integrated circuits, and the impact of Gordon Moore's Law.* 13:16 🌐 *Pervasiveness of chips in various industries from defense to smartphones and cars.* 19:57 📈 *Gordon Moore's prediction of the doubling of transistors every 1.5 to 2 years and its impact on chip development.* 26:09 🔄 *Shift from manufacturing-focused to architecture and design in chip technology.* 31:28 🌐 *Rise of Taiwan and South Korea in chip manufacturing over the past three decades.* 34:50 🔄 *Introduction of TSMC's innovative Foundry business model, breaking from traditional integrated device manufacturing (IDM).* 36:27 🎓 *TSMC's success in Taiwan is attributed to well-trained technicians and operators from trade schools, distinct from elite education institutions like MIT.* 39:35 🔄 *Low turnover rates among operators in Japan and Taiwan contribute to manufacturing stability, contrasting with higher turnover in Texas during Morris Chang's experience.* 43:13 🚄 *Geographic concentration of facilities in Taiwan, connected by high-speed trains, allows over a thousand engineers to work in cities away from their home base, promoting effective operations.* 45:41 🔧 *TSMC's ecosystem involves three decades of building upstream and downstream partnerships, with major semiconductor equipment manufacturers and packaging/testing companies in Taiwan.* 46:39 🌍 *The susceptibility of a country to chip manufacturing relates to its economic development status; Taiwan's advantages mirror what the US enjoyed in the 50s and 60s, but Morris Chang predicts a shift to other countries like India or Vietnam in the future.* 48:24 💹 *The traditional economic model of free market, free trade, and globalization for chips is changing, with potential implications for efficiency and resilience in the chip industry. National security considerations may override economic models.* Made with HARPA AI

[@TheDavidlloydjones]

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[@foremarke]

kind words David@@TheDavidlloydjones, but this Harpa AI chrome extension does make these summaries really easy (i'm not an employee/ambassador) but it has been really helpful. All the best

[@777jones]

Fantastic. What an influential and consequential man.

[@user-ef6gq3vx2x]

We always respect and thanks for Morris to bulid such great company TSMC.

[@girlAllenSa_wireless]

Me too❤

[@girlAllenSa_wireless]

I am failed 😢

[@irgggg34]

Fantastic video. Thank you for sharing it on the internet to all of us not at MIT

[@devbites77]

An honor to listen to this incredible man.

[@jessehepburn]

Great talk. Right on time.

[@YT-tf4jj]

One of the important takeaways is not many countries can replace Taiwan as semiconductor powerhouse. Asking people not to jump to other jobs with better pay is a joke in many countries . Morris Chang with his great foresight and understanding of Taiwanese culture, he makes semiconductor technology possible. Without him and dedication of Taiwanese people, we might not have the IT technology what we are having now. People are seriously underestimating how important this person is to the internet, telecommunications and smartphones

[@sharon5114]

great video, thank you for documenting this moment of Dr.Morris.

[@sctsou1558]

I like that the thing Dr Chang would have liked to do over again at MIT was to simply study harder!

[@olutayodurodola5891]

A Very wise presentation from Dr Chang, he delivered a lecture on multiple subjects in less than an hour. 🎉🎉❤

[@kellyklingbeil5802]

Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce were the ones who invented the first Microchip in 1959 with Texas Instruments.

[@melodiawang598]

台灣以張忠謀為榮❤❤

[@user-zh9mn2yg5m]

Morris awesome!!!

[@willberry6434]

Still so so sharp

[@wohola]

Morris Chang is arguably the most important living person on earth. He is even more important than Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Jensen Huang and Sam Altman, because all of those founders who are developing the most advanced AI rely on TSMC's most advanced chip manufacturing.

[@peter0702]

I argue Bill Gates, almost all TSMC engineers use Windows.

[@etarurui]

no they use Linux arguably ASML is as important

[@s0kulite]

@@peter0702windows won’t exist in the state today if TSMC didn’t build chips that can run them

[@Lalalalalelo]

i argue....i argue....

[@theYoutubeHandle]

nope, farmers are the most important because all these founders need to eat food.

[@giralorz7908]

Thank you ❤

[@Policies2040]

❤❤really pioneer for this century

[@user-kq2hq3wk6u]

창 회장님이 하신말씀중 세계1위 반도체 공장이 곧 세계1위 국방디펜스 이다 최고의 반도체 공장이 파괴 되거나 멈추는 걸 그 어떤 나라도 원치 않는다.

[@hgghfhbnj8505]

但我如果是中國共產黨政府，我要取得優勢的話將南韓與台灣一起都用核彈毀滅是個選項

[@user-fz3tn5rp9r]

Thank you Sir..Thank you MIT

[@user-ye7fv2qu1l]

我會一起，跟台灣人，走到，未來。

[@janeznovak7589]

A Chinese American Morris Chang did whole round. Used his top industry knowledge, connections in USA to build semiconductors in Taiwan. And now TSMC builds fab in USA. From British education in Hong Kong to PhD in states. Fully integration in USA with rich career. As retired guy he moved to Taiwan in 80s to start another career - as business guy and made it big. This guy is megastar

[@user-uj3bo1eg3s]

Even if you deliberately strengthen the connection with the word China and downplay the country Taiwan, nothing will change. Go back and climax inside the high walls, poor Chinese, (TSMC is the TSMC of the world, not you Chinese)

[@iiigraghu]

Excellent Presentation 💐

[@jaitanmartini1478]

Legend!

[@leeo8149]

MIT should’ve just interviewed him instead of having him stand and do this presentation at 92. Come on MIT!

[@bagaspramanaputrafadhila5921]

This is so inspiring!!!!! Thank you!

[@alyciawang2892]

Thank you

[@user-ye7fv2qu1l]

台灣人，是我的，親友與夥伴。

[@user-ki7bs3rv7i]

他出生於香港，在英國接受教育，在美國工作，選擇在臺灣退休。 他從來都不是臺灣人.... 他是中國人。

[@mockAjdetray]

Thanks 😊 Hope that i were at TSMC

[@lisizecha9759]

Amazing story and amazing personality. Ripping apart 1000 families kind of puts a stain on it

[@user-si7sw7xy4n]

改變摩爾定律😊

[@LastLoveSong1029]

It’s crazy a 114 yrs old man still speak fluently.

[@dg-ov4cf]

actually he is 135 stil going strong

[@GrindThisGame]

This comment will seem normal in 20 years.@@dg-ov4cf

[@user-si7sw7xy4n]

台灣是我的世界🌎

[@user-si7sw7xy4n]

路還要走更遠😊

[@Alice8000]

This guy is 92 now! wow.

[@hudsonvan4322]

台灣讚

[@MrStan0630]

Is it really necessary to have someone introduce the Introducer, who gives a long winded speech to introduce the person that everyone came to hear?

[@user-ye7fv2qu1l]

台灣人，最可愛。

[@BTS-pk4zx]

Taiwan NO.1 🇹🇼

[@abhishekvanenooru2869]

WATCH AT 1.75X

[@conscience580]

It seems that the "free market" if you will found its home in the willing engineers of Taiwan willing to stay in dormitories, and work like regimented soldiers, in a highly disciplined environment. I did not observe in Dr. Chang's presentation, one bit of technology that TSMC invented. It is simply an exercise in logistics execution, that TSMC and the surrounding suppliers have created. What is difficult to recreate isn't the technical expertise for EUV, but the cultural mindet and personal sacrifices that enables the well-oiled machine of EUV production, that requires Americans to put, if not corporate profits, then perhaps national goals at the altar, something Americans haven't done since the moon landing.

[@martineseverri5160]

I worked for tsmc for 3 years, 1.5 years in tainan fab18, 1.5 years in phoenix. This comment hits the nail on the head. TSMC is a master of copying and pasting by means of an authoritarian culture. Employees will just do what they are told. As a young Venezuelan engineer I was excited to see innovation in tsmc factories but didnt find a drop of it. Without the innovation of free thought fueled by non-authoritarian cultures there would be no tsmc.

[@chenhsu3581]

As a Taiwanese, I don’t think building TSMC fabs in the US is a good idea. Americans should do more interesting things and let someone else do the hard work…

[@martineseverri5160]

@@chenhsu3581 I will always admire Taiwanese work ethic, but I am curious why Taiwanese don’t also want to do the interesting work? Maybe it’s as simple as work culture, like personal gratification comes in the form of doing what you ‘should’ not what you want. I will never understand that! Haha much love nonetheless.

[@user-fq3pw6kh9o]

​@@chenhsu3581 USA government is helping India to replace Taiwan for doing these hard work as Taiwan is at the risk of having a war soon

[@chenhsu3581]

@@martineseverri5160Actually, we do. That’s why so many Taiwanese top students apply to US graduate schools every year. But there are still many students decide to stay. I think the reason is that boring works are stable, while interesting works are sometimes risky. In the US, people are more adventurous and willing to offer chances for young people to do something different, so the risk is compensated by the enormous opportunities. In Taiwan, we do not have that luxury, so most of our top students end up in big companies like TSMC.

[@faiwong9932]

Morris Chang

[@fern8580]

They all wallowed in "chips" with closed systems, proprietary systems, while an "IF THEN ELSE" chip, accessible to everyone, would have allowed a decentralized industry, accessible to the local electrician. Outside the USA, this man would have been arrested for theft of know-how and transmission of information abroad (any information sent to Taiwan, Singapore, etc. ends in China) Yes I'm bitter? yes I'm jealous? This gentleman is truly above all of us!

[@user-ck2it8xj3v]

tSMC注意開頭字要小寫t，因為之前大寫T都不賺錢，改變成小t之後突然開始賺錢

[@brendankolar1370]

He said he gave a talk the next day about education in asian societies, does anyone have any idea who he may have given it to and whether it may be anywhere online? Sounded interesting

[@fc85697301]

創立當時的政府真的是全力扶持、水電優惠+稅金減免+補助

[@lawrenceyan8543]

THAT IS A HEALTHY 92 YEAR OLD MAN

[@taoarchitectsltd2542]

Kenya 🇰🇪

[@robertprawendowski2850]

⭐

[@fichtechang9638]

TW❤ 台灣之光 照亮世界

[@wwlee5]

He probably thinks of himself as Chinese. He didn't even get ROC citizenship until 1985 around (when he retired from TI and moved to Taiwan for the first time to start up TSMC).

[@yeshiyangzom8532]

他出生于浙江，毕业于云南西南联合大学，童年经历过抗日战争，实打实中国人

[@fichtechang9638]

@@yeshiyangzom8532 台積電不是只有張忠謀。林本堅（浸沒式顯影之父，越南來台僑生）與胡正明教授（FinFET之父，KZbin受訪影片中表明''自己是台灣來的''）、梁孟松都是台積電的研發大將。他們在學術與實務上的成就，顯然都不是美國或中國大陸促成。中國大陸資訊非常封閉。 張忠謀在中國大陸出生。他在美國拿史丹佛電機博士學位。在美國工作三十年後，到台灣實現自己的夢想。國民黨沒有要求張放棄美國籍。張說這是"極大的信任"。（你“可能”很難體會張這句話的深意） 最近（2023年）張受訪（美國媒體），明確表達自己是美國人。 對張忠謀而言，「學校（美國）與台灣社會還不如祠堂（中國出生地）」？中國大陸（中共）為他做了什麽？中國大陸（中共）為你做了什麽？

[@fichtechang9638]

@@wwlee5 KMT (ROC government) did not ask Morris Chang to give up his US citizenship. He said that is a "great trust" . Morris Chang did not show any political prefernece. DPP(Taiwan ) always say tsmc is "the ace for Taiwan independence"; ''silicon shield"(magic mountain that protect Taiwan).Morris disagree that (DPP's advocate )tsmc as "silicon shield for Taiwan". He said "Before tsmc founded, CCP(China) have several military invasion actions."

[@BTS-pk4zx]

⁠@@yeshiyangzom8532中華民國人無誤

[@user-si7sw7xy4n]

初衷😊

[@STEM671]

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[@STEM671]

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[@STEM671]

DESIRED BIO UND HYBRID VERSIONS 2007

[@STEM671]

11/DEC/2023

[@dg-ov4cf]

ASSIMILATE

[@girlAllenSa_wireless]

❤

[@ismailnyeyusof3520]

A combination of really smart people working in a democracy coupled with loyal workers in a less than democratic system, though importantly with some freedom to be comfortable, equals technological progress. The loyal operators were key and they can still be found even in advanced economies so a structure to nurture them and provide a comfortable life for them will pay dividends. In the future, humanoid robots will be critical at the operator, and eventually, technicians level.

[@NoelKoutlis]

το κράτος της ταϊβαν επένδυσε με αναπτυξιακά προγράμματα στο χώρο της τεχνολογίας από τη δεκαετία του 70. Κρίμα που δεν έγινε κάτι αντίστοιχο στην Ελλάδα που προτίμησε να επενδύσει στον τουρισμό και (αναγκαστικά) στην άμυνα

[@user-si7sw7xy4n]

量子世界會改變人類😊

[@merlinf2869]

Correction. Dr. Morris Chang is not the founder of TSMC. He is engaged(from Texus instruments then)with a few others to start the TSMCproject initiated by the guomingdang government in taiwan then as a way, among others, of economic development. Needless to say nobody would have known then that TSMC would become the best producer, credit of Dr. Morris Chang.

[@user-vp6fh8gx7z]

So government planning worked because it was based on the industrial policy of martial law.

[@chickenlin]

This is wrong. A more accurate description would be: Li Kwoh-ting, a government politician, tried to build a semiconductor company in Taiwan. He had no idea about the business model, so he invited Morris Chang, who invented the foundry model of TSMC. So, yes, Morris is the founder of TSMC without question. Li Kwoh-ting persuaded the government to support the company; the initial shareholders were: the government (48.3%), Philips (27.5%), and other local companies (24.2%).

[@donaldharlan3981]

I own TSMC and Taiwan. Morris Chang only worked at the building construction of the factory in Taiwan. He is only an actor posing as a fake stock.

[@antasosam8486]

So basicaly he contradicts himself. Subsidizing by government was essential?

[@redmustangredmustang]

A lot of these guys like Morris took their knowledge that they learned at American companies or universities they studied and took it back home and look what happened.

[@user-si7sw7xy4n]

教育可以改變人

[@user-ye7fv2qu1l]

看見，台灣後人，走到，舞台。

[@gottre5352]

I wonder how come he mentioned Indonesia

[@NinjaKirikoJedi]

MIT and made in Taiwan

[@kubyoindiya3269]

this guy may not be the best at knowing all of the science facts but he certainly knows about everybody related including who died first or before major discovery 😂

[@user-jx9gd2km3s]

🇹🇼

[@RudyTruly]

MIT. made in Taiwan

[@user-si7sw7xy4n]

學習😊

[@grape0owl]

Where does Prof. Chemming Hu fit in this narrative? Without the professor's and his group's expertise at early 2000, can tsmc become this success today?

[@Joey-Pan1898]

张老着实牛逼👍👍

[@naveenadduri5091]

Hello ma'am:;

[@naveenadduri5091]

Hi:;

[@user-si7sw7xy4n]

不怕生與死

[@varshneydevansh]

Let's see where India will go with the SC manufacturing

[@aryanmaheshwari2613]

7:10

[@user-si7sw7xy4n]

量子世界😊

[@TKakaMidzy]

People outside want to join TSMC, while the ones inside wants to escape.

[@Utube1024]

Escape to Arizona?

[@marciamarquene5753]

F e o e e horário da tarde e o e o e o e e o valor e horário da manhã r e o valor da taxa da manhã r e o valor e o e o valor da entrada e o valor e horário normal hj e horário normal hj f tua filha da entrada da rua

[@NinjaKirikoJedi]

Would be nice if mit let him having phd stayed and not Stanford

[@marciamarquene5753]

T amo demais essa foto maravilhosa e o valor e horário da manhã e horário normal hj e o e e horário normal hj e horário normal e o valor e horário normal e horário normal hj e horário normal e o e o valor e horário da tarde

[@marciamarquene5753]

Gente vê o valor e horário da tarde e horário da tarde toda semana passada ela quiser vir me manda o número dos outros e o e e o e e o e o e o e e horário da manhã e horário da tarde

[@marciamarquene5753]

G a gente se vê se dá certo de e a tarde toda vez de ontem foi corrido e a tarde te falo se ela for lá fora e a noite toda vez de

[@VamsiKrishnaOliveti]

Today he is a billionair, going by Moores law he is going to be trillionair by another 19 years.

[@marciamarquene5753]

V Fu gu e se for possível se for só era ri demais e se ela quiser ir comigo e e e se for só era ri demais e nem me manda foto maravilhosa e linda demais essa foto maravilhosa e se for só era