The Taiwan Semiconductor Research Institute (Chinese: 國家實驗研究院台灣半導體研究中心[1]; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Kok-ka Si̍t-giām Gián-kiú-īⁿ Tâi-oân Poàn-tō-thé Gián-kiú Tiong-sim) (TSRI) is a research institute in Taiwan which was created in 2019 through the merger of the National Nano Device Laboratories and National Chip Implementation Center.
It is part of the National Applied Research Laboratories under the Ministry of Science.
According to the China Times the Taiwan Semiconductor Research Institute is the "world’s only national science and technology research and development center which integrates integrated circuit design, chip offline manufacturing, and semiconductor component manufacturing process research.
[4] The Chip Implementation Center Establishment Project was initiated in 1992 with the National Chip Implementation Center (NCIC) being inaugurated in 1997.
[6] The National Nano Device Laboratories (NDL) was implemented under the National Submicron Device Laboratories Establishment Project in 1988.