Morris Chang
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Morris Chang
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| Native name | 張忠謀 |
| Born |
10 July 1931 Ningbo, Zhejiang, China |
| Alma mater |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (B.S., 1952; M.S., 1953) Stanford University (Ph.D., 1964) |
| Occupation | Chairman and CEO of TSMC |
| Spouse(s) | Sophie Chang (張淑芬) |
| Children | 3 |
| Parent(s) | Hsu Chun-wei, Chang Wei-kuan |
Morris Chang (Chinese: 張忠謀; pinyin: Zhāng Zhōngmóu; born July 10, 1931 in Zhejiang), is the founding Chairman of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. (TSMC) in 1987. TSMC pioneered the "dedicated silicon foundry" industry and is the largest silicon foundry in the world. Morris is known as the father of Taiwan's chip industry.
Chang was born in Ningbo, Zhejiang. When he was younger, he had wanted to become a writer, such as a novelist or journalist. However, his father, an official in the Ningbo county government, persuaded him otherwise. In 1948, as China was in the height of the Chinese Civil War, Chang moved to Hong Kong. The very next year he moved yet again to the United States to attend Harvard University. He transferred to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and received his Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in Mechanical Engineering from MIT in 1952 and 1953, respectively. After leaving MIT without obtaining a Ph.D., he sought to find a job and was hired by Sylvania Semiconductor, then just known as a small semiconductor division of Sylvania Electric Products, in 1955. Three years after working at Sylvania Semiconductor, he moved onto Texas Instruments in 1958, which was then rapidly rising in its field. After three years at TI, he rose to become the manager of the engineering section of the company. It was then, in 1961, that Texas Instruments decided to invest in him by giving him the opportunity to obtain his Ph.D or Doctorate degree. He received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University in 1964.
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