Focus Taiwan
Date: 2017/09/23
By: Chang Chien-chung and Kuan-lin Liu

Taipei, Sept. 23 (CNA) Morris Chang, chairman of the world’s largest contract chip

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maker, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), made it clear on Saturday that the company’s production and research and development base will remain in Taiwan even with opportunities abroad.

Chang said that TSMC’s base for production and R&D will remain primarily in Taiwan, although mainland China will be a vast market in the future, while answering questions from the audience at a 20th anniversary event for National Chiao Tung University’s EMBA program.

The tech tycoon noted the huge market and opportunity that China presents during a speech on “Growth & Innovation,” but clarified that being part of China’s supply chain does not mean most of TSMC’s production will move to China.    [FULL  STORY]