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The source text explicitly states 'Founder Morris Chang' in the infobox and confirms in the body text that 'Morris Chang founded the company to commercialize semiconductor research originally developed at ITRI, becoming the world's first dedicated semiconductor foundry.' This directly confirms both the founder's name and the additional context about pioneering the pure-play foundry business model.
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Note: The source text explicitly states 'Founder Morris Chang' in the infobox and confirms in the body text that 'Morris Chang founded the company to commercialize semiconductor research originally developed at ITRI, becoming the world's first dedicated semiconductor foundry.' This directly confirms both the founder's name and the additional context about pioneering the pure-play foundry business model.
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Record ID: f_tsmc_founder