focustaiwan.tw, Dec. 09, 2020 –
Taipei, Dec. 9 (CNA) Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), the world's biggest contract chipmaker, has won the Corporate Innovation Award from the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) for its leadership in 7-nanometer (7nm) semiconductor foundry technology, the company announced in a statement released on Wednesday.
"TSMC's technology leadership, paired with its foundry business model, meant that TSMC's 7nm technology marked the first time that the world's most advanced logic technology was available to the entire semiconductor industry as an open platform," the company's chairman Mark Liu (劉德音) said in the statement.
Liu also expressed gratitude to the IEEE for bestowing the prestigious honor on TSMC.