Taiwan’s New Tech Czar Is Confident TSMC Can Guard Chip Secrets
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Taiwan’s new science and technology minister is confident the island’s most important company will be able to safeguard its proprietary advanced technology as it expands overseas.
Wu Cheng-wen, a US-educated chip expert, played down concerns about Taiwanese technology moving overseas. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., which makes the bulk of the world’s most advanced chips, is setting up factories in the US, Japan and Europe. But Wu expressed confidence in TSMC’s ability to operate in foreign territory while preserving the secrecy of its most advanced technology at home.