TSMC

High school (ages 12+)
Science & Technology

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/tsmc

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. When was TSMC built?1987
2. What is the company type?World's largest dedicated independent semiconductor foundry
3. What is the location?Headquarters and primary operations in Hsinchu Science Park, Taiwan
4. Why is TSMC special?It was the first company to separate chip design from manufacturing, letting design companies create cool chips without their own factories.
5. How small are the chips TSMC makes?TSMC makes chips with feature sizes measured in nanometers, like 7‑nanometer and 5‑nanometer. One nanometer is a billionth of a meter, far smaller than a human hair.

Pure-play Foundry: A semiconductor manufacturer that exclusively produces chips designed by other companies, without designing its own products.
Fabless Semiconductor Company: A company that designs semiconductor chips but outsources the manufacturing process to foundries.
Process Node: A measure of the size of transistors on a chip, indicating the level of miniaturization and performance.
Extreme Ultraviolet (EUV) Lithography: An advanced manufacturing technique using short-wavelength light to etch extremely fine patterns onto silicon wafers.