The road to TSMC Part 1 of 2: the DARPA challenge behind TSMC's success

T2Covered by 1 source · first reported by JP/KR/TW: Korea Herald / Taipei Times / DigiTimes at 19 Oct, 07:29 UTC

The foundations of TSMC's modern-day success can be traced back to a public call from the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) for innovative designs that could break through the 25nm physical limit. Among those who answered it was Chenming (Calvin) Hu, then a professor at UC…