Chang Chung‑mou

E756557

entrepreneur person

Chang Chung‑mou is a Taiwanese-American engineer and entrepreneur best known as the founder of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), the world’s leading dedicated semiconductor foundry.

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Label	Occurrences
Chang Chung-mou	1
Chang Chung‑mou canonical	1

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8414599 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

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Target entity: Chang Chung‑mou
Context triple: [Morris Chang, birthName, Chang Chung‑mou]

A. Chang Yung-fa
Chang Yung-fa was a Taiwanese shipping magnate and philanthropist best known as the billionaire founder of the Evergreen Group conglomerate.
B. Gong Hwang-cherng
Gong Hwang-cherng was a prominent Chinese linguist known for his influential comparative and historical research on Sino-Tibetan languages and Proto-Sino-Tibetan reconstruction.
C. Chang Chun-hsiung
Chang Chun-hsiung is a Taiwanese politician and lawyer who twice served as premier and was a prominent member of the Democratic Progressive Party.
D. Chin Ting-chang
Chin Ting-chang is a cinematographer best known for his work on the Taiwanese historical war film "Seediq Bale."
E. Pai Chung-hsi
Pai Chung-hsi is an alternate romanization of Bai Chongxi, a prominent Chinese Muslim general and political leader of the Nationalist forces in the early to mid-20th century.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Chang Chung‑mou
Target entity description: Chang Chung‑mou is a Taiwanese-American engineer and entrepreneur best known as the founder of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), the world’s leading dedicated semiconductor foundry.

A. Chang Yung-fa
Chang Yung-fa was a Taiwanese shipping magnate and philanthropist best known as the billionaire founder of the Evergreen Group conglomerate.
B. Gong Hwang-cherng
Gong Hwang-cherng was a prominent Chinese linguist known for his influential comparative and historical research on Sino-Tibetan languages and Proto-Sino-Tibetan reconstruction.
C. Chang Chun-hsiung
Chang Chun-hsiung is a Taiwanese politician and lawyer who twice served as premier and was a prominent member of the Democratic Progressive Party.
D. Chin Ting-chang
Chin Ting-chang is a cinematographer best known for his work on the Taiwanese historical war film "Seediq Bale."
E. Pai Chung-hsi
Pai Chung-hsi is an alternate romanization of Bai Chongxi, a prominent Chinese Muslim general and political leader of the Nationalist forces in the early to mid-20th century.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	entrepreneur ⓘ person ⓘ
awardReceived	IEEE Medal of Honor ⓘ IEEE Robert N. Noyce Medal ⓘ linked to: Robert N. Noyce Award Morris Chang Exemplary Leadership Award (named in his honor) ⓘ linked to: Dr. Morris Chang Exemplary Leadership Award Order of Brilliant Star ⓘ Order of Propitious Clouds ⓘ
birthDate	1931-07-10 ⓘ
birthPlace	Ningbo ⓘ Republic of China ⓘ Zhejiang ⓘ linked to: Zhejiang Province
boardMemberOf	Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company ⓘ linked to: TSMC
citizenship	Republic of China (Taiwan) ⓘ linked to: Taiwan, Province of China United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
countryOfWork	Taiwan ⓘ linked to: Taiwan, Province of China United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
degree	Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering ⓘ Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical Engineering ⓘ Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering ⓘ
education	Harvard University ⓘ Massachusetts Institute of Technology ⓘ Stanford University ⓘ
employer	Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company ⓘ linked to: TSMC Texas Instruments ⓘ
field	electrical engineering ⓘ semiconductor industry ⓘ
founded	TSMC ⓘ Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company ⓘ linked to: TSMC
industry	semiconductors ⓘ
knownFor	founding Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company ⓘ pioneering the pure-play semiconductor foundry model ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ Mandarin Chinese ⓘ
memberOf	Academia Sinica ⓘ US National Academy of Engineering ⓘ linked to: National Academy of Engineering
name	Chang Chung-mou ⓘ linked to: Chang Chung‑mou Morris Chang ⓘ
nationality	American ⓘ Taiwanese ⓘ
nativeName	張忠謀 ⓘ
notableWork	development of the dedicated semiconductor foundry business model ⓘ
occupation	chairman of TSMC ⓘ founder of TSMC ⓘ
positionHeld	chairman of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company ⓘ chief executive officer of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company ⓘ president of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company ⓘ
residence	Hsinchu ⓘ linked to: Hsinchu, Taiwan Taiwan ⓘ linked to: Taiwan, Province of China

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Morris Chang → birthName → Chang Chung‑mou ⓘ

Chang Chung-mou → name → Chang Chung-mou ⓘ

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