MIT World Speakers

Morris Chang

The Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. (TSMC) pioneered the “dedicated silicon foundry” industry and is the largest silicon foundry in the world.

Prior to his career in Taiwan, Chang was the President and Chief Operating Officer of General Instrument Corporation in 1984-1985. Before that, he served at Texas Instruments.

Chang received his B. S. and M. S. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from M.I.T. in 1952 and 1953, and his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford in 1964. He received honorary doctorates from Chiao-Tung University, Ching-Hua University and Central University in Taiwan and Polytechnic University in the U.S.

Chang has received the IEEE Robert N. Noyce Award for Exceptional Contributions to Microelectronics Industry, and the “Exemplary Leadership Award” of the Fabless Semiconductor Association (FSA). He was selected by Business Week as one of the “Top 25 Managers of the Year” and “Stars of Asia” in 1998; and by BancAmerica Robertson Stephens as “One of The Most Significant Contributors in the 50 years of Semiconductor Industry” in 1998.

Chang is a member of MIT Corporation & the National Academy of Engineering and is also on the advisory boards of NYSE, Stanford University, and University of California at Berkeley.