India, June 5 -- Having spent a majority of my years in Southeast Asia, I have been surrounded by semiconductors since 1997. Today, I will dwell on two parts of the world where I have worked, and visited.

I am proud to say that I have personally witnessed how TSMC in Taiwan rose, and went on to become a global giant in semiconductors. Dr. Morris Chang is a Taiwanese-American businessman who built his career in the USA. He is the founder, and former chairman and CEO, of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) in 1987. He is known as the founder of semiconductor industry in Taiwan. Also, Yuh-Jier Mii, senior VP of R&D, TSMC, remarked, "Growing up in Taiwan, the environment encouraged people to become scientists or engineers."

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