Taiwan's critical role in global semiconductor innovation and manufacturing
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Eric Khun
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A software engineer living in Taiwan reflects on the country's critical role in global semiconductor manufacturing and technological innovation. The author expresses surprise at their own lack of awareness about semiconductors despite working in tech, and highlights Taiwan's outsized importance in producing the chips that power modern devices and future innovations.
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I've been living in Taiwan for 3+ years, and am baffled that I never pay attention to semiconductors.
As far as my laptop can change code to real things and doesn't lag when I have constantly hundred tabs open, I was satisfied.
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