The Taiwan Semiconductor Research Institute, National Applied Research Laboratories (TSRI), under the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC), successfully garnered support from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited (TSMC) by courtesy of years of university-industry cooperation and with the assistance of NSTC. TSMC, leading manufacturer of the world’s semiconductor industry, contributed advanced semiconductor manufacturing equipment to the institute and will continue to encourage bilateral cooperation in research. It will not only assist TSRI in training the highly educated in this field to be eminent researchers but also help foster the development of forward-looking scientific technologies, which will inject a new dose of momentum into the high-tech industry.
Over the years, TSRI have been committed to establishing our country as a front-runner of semiconductor technology in the international community by continuously strengthening technological soft power. This time, both sides reached a consensus, working together for the sustainable cause: facilitation of cutting-edge equipment use and cultivation of highly educated talents. Tsung-Tsong Wu, Minister of NSTC, has high hopes of the bilateral cooperation, expecting to usher in more resources in the industry and upgrade Taiwan’s current system for semiconductor research by virtue of TSMC’s generous contribution as a pattern. By doing so, the gap between the university and the industry in the supply chain of talents will be bridged. More highly educated researchers will be knocked into shape so as to maintain Taiwan’s competitiveness in the semiconductor industry across the globe.
According to Tuo-Hung Hou, Director General of TSRI, the institute has been the cradle of talent nurturing, training the highly educated in the relevant fields across Taiwan in response to the rapid development of semiconductor technology in the world. This time, TSMC contributed two important yellow-light lithography devices: the in-line CDSEM and the Overlay, both of which can boost TSRI’s efficiency of university-industry services and talent nurturing. TSRI, drawing on its R&D capabilities and training experiences accumulated for years, will make the best of the equipment in line with the practical R&D demand in the industry. Therefore, domestic talents for advanced research can receive relevant training to further cater to the needs of the semiconductor industry.
Min Cao, Vice President of Pathfinding and Corporate Research under the Research and Development (R&D) at TSMC, said that TSMC has been dedicated to nurturing talents for semiconductor technology in Taiwan, expecting that it will continue to contribute cutting-edge equipment and engage in research cooperation with TSRI over talent-nurturing issues, which cements the mechanism of university-industry cooperation. Additionally, it galvanizes trainees into action and thus becomes talents with the competitive edge. Taiwan’s highly educated talents can keep pace with the mainstream technology in the future, thereby strengthening the R&D capabilities of Taiwan’s semiconductor technology.
