The negative lesson at the heart of Taiwan’s chip story: how the island built a DRAM industry and lost it.
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Taiwan Semiconductors & Foundry
Expert guides, analysis and tool comparisons on Taiwan Semiconductors & Foundry from the kurums.com Startup desk — written for business decision-makers and updated as the market moves.
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- Updated Aug 25, 2026
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ASE Technology: The Company That Owns the Chip’s Last Mile
How the world’s biggest chip packaging and test company turned an unglamorous step into the industry’s bottleneck.
MediaTek: The Chip Designer That Built China’s Phone Industry
The turnkey platform that let anyone build a phone — and the comeback that made MediaTek a flagship contender.
UMC: The Foundry That Won by Leaving the Race
Taiwan’s first semiconductor company lost the leading-edge race and made the industry’s smartest retreat.
TSMC: How Taiwan Built the World’s Most Strategic Company
How a factory with no products of its own became the indispensable company of the digital economy — the full TSMC story.
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