SEMI和計算機博物館口述曆史記錄：台積電創始人張忠謀

 

這是台積電創始人張忠謀先生於2007年8月24日，為SEMI和計算機博物館的一次訪談，作為口述曆史記錄。希望這些史料，對有誌於創業的年輕人有啟發。

 

摘錄最後一個問題，對比亞洲和美國工程師的特點，很有意思：

Q: One final rather big picture question here; how would you contrast American and Asian engineering styles?

MC: I think the Asian engineers tend to be more methodical, they tend to be more studious, more orderly engineers; whereas, the U.S. engineers tend to be more innovative, but they tend not to be as methodical and orderly as the Asian engineers. I mean, there are obviously many exceptions to the norm. In the U.S., you also find the Asian type of engineers, you know, methodical, orderly but not very innovative. And, by the same token, in Asia you find many innovative engineers too. But the norm is as I described it for Asia and for the U.S. But certainly those two categories of abilities are not exclusive to each other. You can have the same two; you can have them at the same time in one person. On the other hand, I also think that one group can complement another group. You can have an innovative group but not so methodical, and then you can have a methodical group maybe not very innovative complement each other.

 

完整的口述曆史：https://www.semi.org/en/Oral-History-Interview-Morris-Chang