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Morris Chang (Chinese: 張忠謀; pinyin: Zhāng Zhōngmóu, Ningbo Wu: Jiann 阴平去 Zong 阴平去 mœü 阳舒; born 10 July 1931) is an American [1] [2] businessman and electrical engineer, originally from Ningbo, China. He built his business career first in the United States and then subsequently in Taiwan.
Morris Chang (born July 10, 1931, Ningbo, Zhejiang province, China) is a Chinese-born engineer, entrepreneur, and philanthropist who founded (1987) Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), a leading maker of computer chips.
Aug 27, 2024 · Morris Chang’s origins and legacy: Born in China, trained in the U.S., and crowned The Godfather of Chips in Taiwan. The birth of the first foundry: How TSMC’s unconventional business model started an unbundling of the entire semiconductor value chain.
Born in China, Chang moved to Hong Kong during the Chinese Civil War and then to the U.S., where he attended Harvard and MIT. His employer, Texas Instruments, sent him to Stanford for his PhD in electrical engineering, which he earned in 1964.
Jan 25, 2021 · Morris Chang was born into a middle-class family on July 10, 1931 in Ningbo, Chekiang, China. The early years of his life were set against a backdrop of hardship. Wars and widespread poverty had overwhelmed the country, exposing him to this suffering at a young age.
Aug 15, 2021 · Chang was one of the first Chinese Americans to become top business leaders. In his 50s, he returned to Taiwan and founded Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TMSC) and became the “godfather” of Taiwan’s semiconductor industry. Chang was born in China in 1931.
Feb 1, 2000 · At 68, this mainland Chinese-born, American-educated executive is one of the titans of Taiwan industry. ''People call Morris Chang the godfather of high technology in Taiwan,'' said Benny T....
