Taipei (AFP) July 8, 2024
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Taiwanese semiconductor titan TSMC briefly joined a rarefied club of companies valued at more than $1 trillion on Monday.
Here are five things to know about the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company:
- 'Godfather' -
MIT and Stanford graduate Morris Chang founded TSMC in 1987 after an extensive tech industry career in the United States.
Taiwan's government was trying to set u