在市场需求的感召下，进入80年代后，芯片行业开始出现分工合作的现象，1984年张忠谋听说有专门做芯片设计的公司，便认为既然有专门做设计的，那么就可以成立一家专门用于晶圆制造的工厂。
To respond to the calling of market demand, after entering the 1980s, the phenomenon of division of labor and cooperation of chips industry began to appear; in 1984, Zhang Zhongmou heard that there were companies specializing in chip design, so he thought that since there were companies specializing in design, a factory specializing in wafer manufacturing could be established.