In 1982, Sun Yunta, head of administrative agencies in Taiwan, "political boss" Li Guoding and others went to the United States to lobby for Zhang Zhongmou , hoping that he could go to Taiwan to help develop the semiconductor industry. At the beginning, Zhang Zhongmou refused the job invitation from the Taiwan authorities. Since then, almost every time they go to the United States, they have to visit Zhang Zhongmou and invite him to Taiwan. It was not until 1985 that Zhang Zhongmou finally made up his mind to give up his position in the United States and went to Taiwan to serve as the dean of the Taiwan "Industrial Research Institute" (Taiwan " Industrial Technology Research Institute ").
Zhang Zhongmou was born in Ningbo, Zhejiang. He was admitted to Harvard University in the United States in 1949 and later transferred to MIT . In 1958, 27-year-old Zhang Zhongmou entered Texas Instruments in the United States and became the first Chinese employee of Texas Instruments in the United States. In 1972, Zhang Zhongmou became the vice president and senior vice president of Texas Instruments. He was the third person in Texas Instruments and the first Chinese to enter the highest management of large American companies. Texas Instruments was the world's largest manufacturer of analog circuit technology components at that time and was also a world-leading semiconductor multinational company.
In 1987, Zhang Zhongmou, who had been to Taiwan for two years, decided to establish a Taiwan integrated circuit manufacturing company in the Hsinchu Science Park in Taiwan. This was the famous TSMC later. Due to the industry relationship accumulated by Zhang Zhongmou in the United States, TSMC obtained the certification and order of Intel in the second year. At the same time, utilizing the influence of Sun Yuncui, Li Guoding and others in the Taiwan authorities, TSMC can be said to have won battles every year and grown up every year.
In 1994, Zhang Zhongmou resigned from his position as "Industrial Research Institute" in Taiwan and devoted all his energy to corporate operations. Not only did he make TSMC listed on Taiwan Stock Exchange , but he also founded another integrated circuit company - World Advanced Integrated Circuit Co., Ltd. Taking this as a starting point, TSMC's scale has been expanding and has made amazing profits, and has become the most profitable company in Taiwan. In 1995, TSMC's revenue exceeded US$1 billion. In 1997, Zhang Zhongmou listed TSMC on , the New York Stock Exchange , and achieved revenue of US$1.3 billion and profit of US$535 million that year. .
1997, Zhang Rujing saw the rapid development of TSMC and the huge market potential in Taiwan's chip field, and decided to retire early to return to Taiwan. Like Zhang Zhongmou, the "Taiwan chip king", Zhang Rujing also comes from Texas Instruments. Born in Nanjing, Jiangsu, Zhang Rujing grew up in Taiwan. In 1977, 29-year-old Zhang Rujing worked as an American semiconductor giant Texas Instruments and joined the team of Nobel Prize winner in physics and the inventor of integrated circuits.
Zhang Rujing returned to Taiwan with the support of his old friends. His fame is so great that he received the support of countless capital as soon as he returned to Taiwan. With the help of investors, Zhang Rujing's "Shida Semiconductor" started quickly rose and quickly achieved mass production and profitability, becoming the second largest semiconductor factory in Taiwan after TSMC. During this period, Zhang Rujing had even made detailed plans to build chip factories in the mainland; the first and second factories of the World University were built in Taiwan, and the third to tenth factories were all placed in the mainland.
TSMC founder Zhang Zhongmou is an ambitious entrepreneur who vows to kill all threats in the cradle. Zhang Zhongmou chose to bypass Zhang Rujing, and without Zhang Rujing's knowledge, he began negotiations with shareholders of Shida Semiconductor. In January 2000, shareholders of SIDS sold the company to TSMC for US$5 billion. Zhang Rujing only learned about this later. He knew that he could not have a foothold in the merged new company, so he resigned the day after the acquisition, decided to leave Taiwan and go north to mainland China to start a business again.
