Before 2000, TSMC was at the technology catch-up stage, but in this year, after declining to work with IBM in developing a project for a 0.13-micron copper process, TSMC decided to move in the direction of developing its own technology and from that point on opened up a gap between itself and its competitors.
但這一年，婉拒了與 IBM 合作發展 0.13 微米銅製程計劃後，台積電決定朝自行發展技術的方向前進，並自此拉開了與競爭對手的差距。