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“Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says a forgotten 1950s European alliance secretly secured Taiwan’s chip empire — decades later, an island hardly bigger than Maryland dominates 90% of the advanced chip market”
“Jensen Huang traces Taiwan’s semiconductor rise to foreign partnerships, industrial planning, opportunities in computer manufacturing, and decades of investment and engineering.”
Taiwan now produces over 90% of the world’s most advanced semiconductors.
Key points
- Huang describes how 1950s European alliances helped Taiwan's electronics sector.
- Taiwan now manufactures more than 90% of the world’s most advanced semiconductors.
- Philips contributed to Taiwan’s early electronics foundations in the 1950s.
- TSMC became central to advanced chip production, with ASML supplying lithography equipment.
- Taiwan’s rise is due to decades of collaboration, manufacturing expertise, and market demand.
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