{"id":952,"date":"2026-03-24T09:36:03","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T13:36:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/mathstats\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=952"},"modified":"2026-03-24T09:41:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T13:41:15","slug":"dss-colloquium-honghong-tinn-university-of-minnesota","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/mathstats\/event\/dss-colloquium-honghong-tinn-university-of-minnesota\/","title":{"rendered":"(DSS Colloquium) Honghong Tinn, University of Minnesota"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Data Science &amp; Society (DSS) Colloquium Talk with Honghong Tinn, University of Minnesota on\u00a0<strong>Wednesday April 1 at 3PM in Rocky 310.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Title: <\/strong>Taiwan Semiconductor and the New Geopolitics of the 21st Century<\/p>\n<p><strong>Abstract:<\/strong> Taiwan rose to global prominence in high tech manufacturing since the 1990s. From computer maker to the world\u2019s leading chip manufacturer, Taiwan boasts the likes of Acer, Foxconn, Asus, and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC). In this talk, I will present a history of the fabrication of semiconductor chips in Taiwan. First, I will review Morris C. M. Chang\u2019s founding of TSMC, and the multiple origins of the \u201cdedicated foundry model\u201d in the 1980s. The model was independently created by Morris Chang, and Robert H. C. Tsao at United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC). I argue that the model originated from Chang\u2019s and Tsao\u2019s similar understandings of Taiwan\u2019s successful computer manufacturing industry. Second, I will discuss how various parties in the United States and Taiwan deemed TSMC\u2019s high-end chips valuable resources in 2022 to cultivate international support to assist Taiwan in deterring a potential Chinese incursion. This talk draws on chapter 10 of my book Island Tinkerers: Innovation and Transformation in the Making of Taiwan\u2019s Computing Industry (MIT Press, 2025).<\/p>\n<p><b>Poster Link:<br \/>\n<\/b><a href=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/dss\/files\/2026\/03\/20260401_TinnHonghong.pdf\">http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/dss\/files\/2026\/03\/20260401_TinnHonghong.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Data Science &amp; Society (DSS) Colloquium Talk with Honghong Tinn, University of Minnesota on\u00a0Wednesday April 1 at 3PM in Rocky 310. Title: Taiwan Semiconductor and the New Geopolitics of the 21st Century Abstract: Taiwan rose to global prominence in high &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/mathstats\/event\/dss-colloquium-honghong-tinn-university-of-minnesota\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1131,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[12],"class_list":["post-952","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","hentry","tribe_events_cat-dss","cat_dss"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/mathstats\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/952","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/mathstats\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/mathstats\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/mathstats\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1131"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/mathstats\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/952\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":960,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/mathstats\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/952\/revisions\/960"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/mathstats\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/mathstats\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=952"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/mathstats\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}