
Guest
Morris Chang
Founder & former chairman, TSMC
Founded TSMC in 1987 and pioneered the pure-play foundry model behind its rise to a global chip giant.
Real Alpha has cut 2 moments of Morris Chang (Founder & former chairman, TSMC) talking, from an interview on Acquired published Jan 27, 2025.
What Morris Chang said
TSMC founder Morris Chang
2 moments · 13 min
- 15:11
Chang rejected layoffs based on performance reviews
“So if you need the people back, within a year, you shouldn't lay off.”
at 20:39 - 1:55:09
Chang rejected IBM's co-development offer to protect TSMC's process
“And since I anticipated that, it was no problem at all for us to refuse.”
at 1:59:29
- 15:11