How Philips Helped Get TSMC Off the Ground

Nearly 400 years ago, the Dutch East India Company landed on the island of Formosa and set up shop. They hunted deer, grew rice, and fought the aborigines. In 1662, the Ming loyalist Koxinga besieged the now-tourist spot of Fort Zeelandia, ejected the Dutch, and established the anti-Qing Kingdom of Formosa.

I am not quite sure why I brought this up except to say that the Dutch have had long ties to Formosa. These ties continue to today with Taiwan and the Netherlands having consistently collaborated in the electronics industry.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, TSMC, is today the world's leading independent foundry. But they would have never even gotten started without the help received from Dutch multinational Philips in those critical early years. This video is about that shared history.

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