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From Rice Noodles to Silicon Chips: The Birth of Hsinchu Science Park

UMC was the first chip company to set up operations in Hsinchu Science Park, which was officially inaugurated on December 15, 1980, as part…

Feb 6

From Rice Noodles to Silicon Chips: The Birth of Hsinchu Science Park

Feb 6

The Rollercoaster Ride of UMC, Taiwan’s Original Chip Champion

While TSMC dominates today’s semiconductor industry headlines, its lesser-known sibling United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) wrote the…

Feb 5

The Rollercoaster Ride of UMC, Taiwan’s Original Chip Champion

Feb 5

Scaling Silicon: The Birth of United Microelectronics Corporation

It’s one thing to create a proof of concept, but quite another to turn it into a successful business. This was the challenge that ITRI…

Feb 4

Scaling Silicon: The Birth of United Microelectronics Corporation

Feb 4

The Breakfast Meeting That Sparked Taiwan’s Silicon Revolution

By the mid-1970s, Taiwan had already established itself as a leading global hub for electronics manufacturing, though much of the industry…

Feb 3

The Breakfast Meeting That Sparked Taiwan’s Silicon Revolution

Feb 3

From TVs to Calculators: The Rise of Taiwan’s Technology Industry

The launch of domestic television broadcasting in 1962 catalyzed the next stage of growth for Taiwan’s electronics sector. This period saw…

Jan 31

From TVs to Calculators: The Rise of Taiwan’s Technology Industry

Jan 31

From Rice Fields to Transistor Radios: The Birth of the Taiwan Electronics Industry

In the aftermath of the devastating Chinese Civil War, the exiled KMT government faced the daunting task of rebuilding the island’s…

Jan 30

From Rice Fields to Transistor Radios: The Birth of the Taiwan Electronics Industry

Jan 30

Happy Chinese New Year of the Snake

The Chinese New Year of the Snake promises interesting times for the tech industry, not least because of the recent launch of DeepSeek…

Jan 29

Happy Chinese New Year of the Snake

Jan 29

Confucius guides Fan Chi along the path of goodness

Confucius never provided a single, universal definition of his supreme virtue of goodness (仁/rén), often translated as benevolence or…

Dec 31, 2024

Confucius guides Fan Chi along the path of goodness

Dec 31, 2024

Profiles from the Analects: Lord She

Lord She (葉公) was a high-level minister of Chu who was appointed as governor of She when the state acquired the district in 495 BCE…

Dec 30, 2024

Profiles from the Analects: Lord She

Dec 30, 2024

The great “Upright Gong” controversy: loyalty over law?

Confucius has stirred a never-ending storm of controversy for suggesting in Chapter 18 of Book 13 of the Analects that loyalty to family…

Dec 29, 2024

The great “Upright Gong” controversy: loyalty over law?

Dec 29, 2024

Richard Brown

Richard Brown

I live in Taiwan and am interested in exploring what ancient Chinese philosophy can tell us about technology and the rise of modern China.

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