TSMC Founder Morris Chang

We flew to Taiwan to interview TSMC Founder Morris Chang in a rare English interview. In fact, the last long-form video interview we could find was 17 years ago at the Computer History Museum… conducted by the one-and-only Jensen Huang! This episode came about after asking ourselves a version of the Jeff Bezos “regret minimization” question: what conversations would we most regret not having if the chance passed Acquired by? Dr. Chang was number one on our list, and thanks to a little help from Jensen himself, we’re so happy to make it happen. Dr. Chang shares the stories of a few crucial moments from TSMC’s history which have only been written about in his (currently Chinese-only) memoirs, including how TSMC won Apple’s iPhone and Mac chip business and a 2009 discrepancy with NVIDIA that almost jeopardized their relationship, and the lessons he took from them. We can’t think of a better way to kick off 2025. Please enjoy! Sponsors: Sentry: WorkOS: Anthropic: Statsig: Links: Worldly Partners’ Multi-Decade TSMC Study Karina Bao’s writing Carve Outs: AAA Defunctland Everything Everywhere all at Once Asianometry More Acquired! Get email updates with hints on next episode and follow-ups from recent episodes Join the Slack

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TSMC Founder Morris Chang is an episode from Acquired by Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal.

This episode is 176:11 long.

This episode was published on Jan 27, 2025.

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