In 1985 Morris Chang, former group vice president at Texas Instruments and CEO at General Instrument Corporation, was recruited by the Industrial Technology Research Institute as its president. TSMC was born in 1987 under his leadership.
1985 年，工研院延攬了曾任美商德儀副總裁、通用器材總裁的張忠謀為工研院院長；1987 年在張忠謀領導下，又衍生出「台灣積體電路製造公司」。