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The role of government policy in the building of a global semiconductor industry

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With careful planning and a focus on developing expertise, government policy has helped Taiwan become a centre for semiconductor innovation.

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Fig. 1: Timeline of Taiwanese semiconductor technology.

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  1. Department of Electrical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan

    Meng-Fan Chang

  2. Microelectronics Program, Department of Engineering and Technologies, Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), Taipei, Taiwan

    Meng-Fan Chang

  3. Science & Technology Policy Research and Information Center, National Applied Research Laboratories, Taipei, Taiwan

    Ching Lin, Sung Wen Wang & Kuo Cheng Chang

  4. Taiwan Semiconductor Research Institute, National Applied Research Laboratories, Taipei, Taiwan

    Chang Hong Shen & Wen Kuan Yeh

  5. Department of Electrical Engineering, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan

    Robert Chen-Hao Chang

  6. Semiconductor Moonshot Project, Department of Engineering and Technologies, Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), Taipei, Taiwan

    Robert Chen-Hao Chang

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Chang, MF., Lin, C., Shen, C.H. et al. The role of government policy in the building of a global semiconductor industry. Nat Electron 4, 230–233 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41928-021-00575-z

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