About this book:

**The world runs on TSMC.** From the smartphone in your pocket to the AI revolution reshaping every industry, the invisible chips at the heart of modern life are almost certainly made by one company. But how did a tiny island nation, once known only for cheap textiles, come to manufacture the most sophisticated objects in human history? *A History of Taiwan Semiconductor* reveals the improbable, high-stakes saga of the company that became the world’s most critical manufacturer—and the geopolitical powder keg that surrounds it.

This is not a dry corporate history. It is a gripping narrative of brilliant visionaries, impossible engineering, and a business model that upended the entire tech industry. You’ll follow Dr. Morris Chang’s bold gamble to create a “foundry” that would manufacture other people’s designs, sparking a fabless revolution that gave birth to giants like Apple and NVIDIA. From near-bankruptcy in its early days to navigating the US-China tech war, this book takes you inside the clean rooms and boardroom battles where the fate of global innovation is decided.

If you want to understand why a single factory in Taiwan can crash stock markets and trigger geopolitical crises, why your car couldn’t be built during the chip shortage, or how the next decade of AI and quantum computing will be powered, this is the essential story. *A History of Taiwan Semiconductor* is the definitive account of how silicon, strategy, and sheer willpower built the invisible engine of the modern world—and what happens when the world depends on it.