Jensen Huang credits 1950s Philips partnership for Taiwan's chip dominance

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang told Lex Fridman how Taiwanese planner Li Kwoh-ting brought in Philips in the 1950s to build domestic electronics expertise. Taiwan now makes over 90% of the world's most advanced chips, with TSMC fabricating them and ASML supplying lithography tools.

• Taiwan produces more than 90% of the world's most advanced semiconductors
• In the 1950s Li Kwoh-ting enlisted Philips to transfer electronics know-how
• TSMC fabricates chips while ASML supplies lithography equipment
• IBM's published PC specifications further boosted Taiwan's component industry