Former Taiwanese TSMC exec says joining China’s SMIC was ‘foolish’ Chiang Shang-yi, who has served top posts at both Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) and China’s Semiconductor Manufacturing International Co. (SMIC), has said he regrets ever joining the Chinese company and that the decision was a “mistake.” Chiang was the executive vice president and co-chief operating officer of TSMC, the world’s largest contract chipmaker, until 2013. Meanwhile, his two stints at SMIC, China’s biggest chipmaker, lasted between 2016-2018 and 2020-2021. In a March interview with California-based Computer History Museum, the former Taiwanese semiconductor guru opened up about his experience working...