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Digitimes October 28, 2026 By Willis Ke positive

Ex-TSMC CTO says Taiwan's research institutes get too much funding and train too little talent

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Taiwan directs too much public research and development (R&amp;D) funding to its national research institutes, according to Chenming Hu, a former chief technology officer of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC). In his new book, <em>Find the Solutions</em>, Hu argues that this funding does not achieve the same multiplier effect as investment in universities.
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