[Reuters] Chip shaker: TSMC, Samsung to flex foundry muscle
- 06/03/12 10:44 PM
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Morris Chang, the father of Taiwan's chip sector, once shrugged off Samsung Electronics' entry into the foundry business - making private-label semiconductors under contract for others. Now, he calls the South Korean group the industry's "700-pound gorilla" with formidable financial firepower.