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Hsinchu Science and Industrial Park (Chinese: 新竹科學工業園區; Hanyu Pinyin: Xīnzhú Kē Xué Gōng Yè Yuán Qū; Tongyong Pinyin: Sinjhú Ke Syué Yuán Cyu) was established by the government of Taiwan, ROC on December 15, 1980 with investment from the Kuomintang. It straddles Hsinchu City and Hsinchu County on the island of Taiwan. More than 400 high-tech companies, mainly involved in the semiconductor, computer, telecommunication, and optoelectronics industries, have been established in the park at the end of December 2003.^[1] Hsinchu Science Park is now one of the world's most significant areas for semiconductor manufacturing. It is home to the world's top two semiconductor foundries, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC), both of which were established at the nearby Industrial Technology Research Institute and Taiwan is the only country that possesses a professional division-of-labor system in the semiconductor industry and also has the highest density of 12-inch wafer-producing fabs, most of which are based in the park.^[2] There is also a science-themed amusement park nearby.

Next door to the science park are two of Taiwan's science and engineering powerhouses, National Chiao Tung University and National Tsing Hua University.

Contents 1 Major companies located in the Hsinchu Science Park 2 See also 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Major companies located in the Hsinchu Science Park

• Alpha Networks Inc.
• AU Optronics
• D-Link
• Elan Microelectronics Corporation
• Holtek
• Lite-On
• Logitech
• Macronix International Co., Ltd. (MXIC)
• MediaTek
• Microtek
• MiTAC
• Optodisc
• ZyXEL
• Philips
• Powerchip Semiconductor Corp. (PSC)
• ProMOS Technologies Inc.
• Realtek
• Silicon Integrated Systems
• Tecom - Tecom Co., Ltd
• TSMC - Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd.
• United Microelectronics Corporation
• Vanguard International Semiconductor
• Winbond^[3]

[edit] See also

• Economy of Taiwan
• National Experimental High School: A K-12 school established to provide special education opportunity to personnel of Greater Science Park Area.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official site
• Official site map
• Sale of Science Parks by Industry
• Expenditure of Science Parks by Industry
• Personal of Science Parks by Industry
• Research Level of Personal of Science Parks by Industry
• Researchers of Science Parks by Industry and Age Group
• Productivity of Science Parks by Industry

Coordinates: 24°46′48″N 121°00′49″E / 24.78°N 121.01361°E / 24.78; 121.01361

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