TSMC was among the companies that recently held annual shareholders meetings, and therefore on the pages of the site Taipei Times you can see several important statements by the head of the largest contract manufacturer of semiconductor products Morris Chang. First, he does not believe that the semiconductor industry has reached the phase of maturity and saturation, and is convinced that until 2020 the revenue of TSMC will increase by an average of 5-10% per year. Of course, this does not compare with the rapid growth of the nineties, when revenue increased 1.5 times a year, but it's too early to talk about stagnation.
The planar arrangement of chips, according to Morris Chan, will support the operation of the so-called "Moore's Law" over the next eight to ten years. The transition to a three-dimensional layout will significantly increase the life cycle of this rule of thumb. In general, it is premature to talk about the termination of Moore's law, as the head of the TSMC is sure.
The company is ready to expand its field of activity, but it refused to buy Toshiba assets, since for the strategic development of TSMC this transaction would not be useful. Morris Chan refused to answer questions about the search and nominee of the successor, although all those present at the shareholders meeting expected to hear something definite from the TSMC chairman who had reached the respectable age.