Taiwanese firms, without nearly the resources of Intel and unable to earn money from the production of these standard products, were forced to go into the foundry business. Here, they make chips to clients 'specifications and have relied on increasing the efficiency of their operations and improving their yields to maintain profits.
然而台灣廠商「窮則變，變則通」，標準產品不賺錢，就接晶圓代工，隨著客戶的需求生產花式各異的產品，再靠著戰戰兢兢提昇良率和勤苦不懈的經營效率，力保獲利。