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C.C. Wei

C.C. Wei

Tech & Business

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Tech & Business

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If you take the yolk out of an egg, what's left?
INSIDE2026-06-15Source
Employee profit sharing increased by about 30% from 2023 to 2024 and again by about 30% from 2024 to 2025,
Electronics Weekly2026-06-05Source
We won’t raise prices like memory chips – all of a sudden 400% hikes in the short term,
Electronics Weekly2026-06-05Source
Now Intel is still one of our top 10 customers. We want to earn money from them and also would continue to protect our own intellectual properties and trade secrets.
Electronics Weekly2026-06-05Source
The explosive growth of the AI industry has left the entire supply and ecosystem unprepared and unable to cope,
Taipei Times2026-06-04Source
That is not something South Korea can easily replicate [overnight],
Taipei Times2026-06-04Source
We are trying not to become the bottleneck. Supply is a little bit tight as customer demand has outstripped what we can supply,
Taipei Times2026-06-04Source
It is humbling to receive SIA’s Noyce Award and to follow in the footsteps of so many industry visionaries, including TSMC Founder Dr. Morris Chang,
Semiconductor Digest2025-07-28Source
I was not allowed to give a speech without going through my legal department…I don’t make a public comment on China,
TIME2024-09-05Source
TSMC does not develop any technology only for certain products or certain industries.
Liberty Times2024-06-04Source
Export controls and banning products from other foreign countries destroy productivity and efficiency gained under globalization, or at least they reduce benefits offered by a free market,
Bloomberg2022-12-17Source
But the scariest thing is that mutual trust and cooperation among countries is beginning to weaken,
Bloomberg2022-12-17Source
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In the past 30 to 40 years, we always faced all kinds of competition and we are not afraid of competition. In the past, I think we won, and I believe we will continue to win.
Electronics Weekly2026-06-05Source
We do not currently need it for production because the cost is still somewhat high. We will continue working to lower the cost and maximise its benefits and once the economics make sense, we will bring it into production.
Electronics Weekly2026-06-05Source
Our customers and our customers’ customers who are mainly cloud service providers continue to give us positive outlooks, so thus we are keeping the faith that AI mega trend will last for multiple years.
Electronics Weekly2026-06-05Source
From my perspective, the supply chain will find ways to reach a balance. They do not want to suffer the pain for a third consecutive year,
Taipei Times2026-06-04Source
There are a bunch of Taiwanese companies behind the [AI] ecosystem in Taiwan,
Taipei Times2026-06-04Source
I’ll say that is totally a pipe dream,
Taipei Times2026-06-04Source
Customers have shown incredibly strong demand in recent years. The growth is insane this year, in particular,
Taipei Times2026-06-04Source
AI is reshaping our daily lives, and semiconductor technology is the foundation for new capabilities and applications,
TIME2025-08-26Source
Dr. C.C. Wei and Dr. Mark Liu are titans in our industry, having reshaped the modern semiconductor ecosystem – both in the U.S. and abroad – and revolutionized chip manufacturing technology,
Semiconductor Digest2025-07-28Source
TSMC’s [business] outlook for the next few years will be very optimistic.
Liberty Times2024-06-04Source
Since we continue advancing our technology ahead of [competitors], they have to adopt our technology,
Liberty Times2024-06-04Source
We are optimistic about AI. [Demand] is really hot. Besides, AI applications are just in its infancy. More and more AI applications will be used in our daily lives,
Liberty Times2024-06-04Source

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