The relationship between TSMC and Philips is: TSMC actually started in the late 1980s and has a long history with Philips.

TSMC uses the chip production technology developed by Philips, and the two parties have a cross agreement. Therefore, 20 years ago, Philips had a stake in TSMC, about 10%, but now it has no shares.

However, in May 2007 and January 2008, Philips sold nearly 1/3 of its TSMC shares worth US$3.36 billion.

Ke Zilei plans to sell the remaining parts by 2010 and no longer have any direct connection with the semiconductor industry.

Philips is also currently preparing to withdraw from the LCD TV screen company established in a joint venture with LG.

Because the replacement of LCD screens exceeded Philips' expectations, coupled with fierce competition from Taiwanese foundries and Japanese companies, the joint venture's losses in one quarter were as high as US$300 million.

Since last year, Philips has sent invitations to many Asian companies, including Chinese companies, hoping to sell its shares in joint ventures.

?The current development situation of TSMC: As of the end of 2019, TSMC, an 80% foreign-owned European and American vest foundry, has 28 billion shares, of which nearly 26 billion shares have been listed.

Among them, institutional shareholders hold the majority of the shares. The largest shareholder of TSMC is the TSMC Depositary Receipt Special Account hosted by Citigroup in the United States, with a shareholding ratio of 20.5%. The second largest shareholder is the Taiwan "Executive Yuan" Development Foundation.

The shareholding ratio is 6.3%.

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