Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co’s logo at its headquarters in Hsinchu, Taiwan. Photo: Reuters
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co’s logo at its headquarters in Hsinchu, Taiwan. Photo: Reuters
Neil Newman
Opinion

Opinion

Abacus by Neil Newman

The takeaway from Taiwan’s chip bottleneck? Invest in software firms, teach your kids Python

  • As home to the world’s most important semiconductor companies, Taiwan is critical to the global supply chain of both common and the most complex devices ever made
  • There is a coming boom in tech financing and accelerated growth in semiconductor hardware and programming software, writes Neil Newman – who is off to learn code