Founded in 1987, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is a high-tech company based in Taiwan's "Silicon Valley", the Hsin-chu Science-Based Industrial Park. TSMC is a joint venture between the government of the Republic of China, Philips Electronics, N.V., and other private investors. The company is listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) and the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the symbol of "TSM".

TSMC was the first pure integrated circuit (IC) foundry company in the world. Since its founding, the company has been dedicated to providing manufacturing services for advanced ICs. The company's charter prevents TSMC from designing or making its own brandname IC end products. For this reason, TSMC is a partner, and not a competitor, for other semiconductor companies. TSMC's success in the foundry business has served as a model for the many new entrants in the market. With TSMC as the engine of change, what was once just a concept of a pure foundry is today a multi-billion dollar industry.

Through its commitment to technology leadership , manufacturing excellence, and global marketing, TSMC provides the following services:

• ULSI and VLSI Wafer Manufacturing.
• Wafer Probing
• Assembly and Testing
• Mask Production
• Design Service

In addition, TSMC is delivering wafers from its first U.S. foundry, WaferTech, a joint venture with Altera, Analog Devices and Integrated Silicon Solutions, Inc. The company is currently executing plans to house Fabs 6 & 7 in the new Tainan Park-South part of Taiwan, and expects first wafer outs in the first quarter of 2000. TSMC recently announced its participation in a US$1.2 billion joint venture fab with Philips Semiconductor scheduled to open in Singapore in 2000 and the formatin of TSMC-Acer foundry fab.

TSMC's vision is to be the most reputable, service-oriented and maximum-total-benefits silicon foundry in the world, and thus earn the reward of being also the largest and most profitable.

As a good corporate citizen, TSMC takes the job of community and employee relations seriously. As a result of its concerted actions in this area, the company has received several awards from the Taiwan government in areas such as environmental protection, employee benefits, employee training, and social welfare. In addition, TSMC has been ranked among Taiwan's leading companies by world-wide prestigious magazines. Business Week magazine, in its January 12, 1998 issue, selected TSMC Chairman Dr. Morris Chang as one of the "Top 25 Managers of 1997"; at the same time, BancAmerica Robertson Stephens named Dr. Chang one of the most significant contributors in the 50 years of semiconductor industry.

TSMC Milestone

• 1987/02 TSMC founded
• 1988/02 USA office established
• 1990/04 Fab2A opening
• 1991/06 Started E-Beam reticle making service
• 1991/04 Started ASIC design service
• 1992/06 Won National Invention Award
• 1992/06 Fab2B opening
• 1993/04 ISO-9001 certification
• 1993/10 Europe office established
• 1993/12 Fab3 ground breaking
• 1994/09 TSMC initial public offering
• 1995/04 Fab4 ground breaking
• 1995/08 Fab3 opening
• 1995/09 FORD Q1 preferred quality award
• 1995/11 Fab5 ground breaking
• 1995/12 Annual sales exceed US$1B
• 1996/08 ISO-14001 Certification
• 1997/02 Fab4 opening
• 1997/08 Ground Breaking in Tainan Science-Based Industrial Park
• 1997/10 ADR listed on NYSE
• 1997/10 Fab5 opening
• 1998/04 QS-9000 Certification
• 1998/05 Won National Invention Award
• 1998/07 WaferTech shipped production qualified wafers
• 1999/06 TSMC-Acer announcement

The company is growing rapidly with more than $2 billion in revenue and highly profitable with more than 30% net income. TSMC has 7000 highly productive and successful employees, and was elected as the most admired company in Asia.

We are looking for global professionals to join our dynamic team.

For more information, please visit our website at www.tsmc.com