An island shaped like a leaf at the Meeting Point of four seas. Between the 1960s and the 1990s, taiwan underwent massive industrialisation in what has become known as the taiwan miracle. Huge tech firms grew, becoming household names asus, htc, acer. At the centre of this was the semiconductor industry, led by a company you have probably never heard of tsmc. It is one of the Largest Semiconductor manufacturers in the world, producing the chips inside some of the best phones, including the iphone 11. It is most likely if you have a smartphone, you have something made by tsmc. And these chips were only made possible thanks to the discovery of semiconductors. Why are Semiconductors Important or interesting . Because it changes your life. With factories, or fabs as they are known across the globe, the largest is here in taiwan. And we have been granted exclusive access to see just how those chips that form the heart of our Electronic Devices are created. But before we could go into the fa
Now its time for click. Taiwan. An island shaped like a leaf but the Meeting Point of four seas. Many around the world came to know it from the words made in taiwan stamped on electronics, toys and bikes. It became a brand people recognised. But the world has changed again. Hardware is out, software is in. Ai is the future, handsets are the past. Stephen and i have been to find out what made in taiwan means in the 21st century. Welcome to taiwan. 500 years back, taiwan was known as a pirate kingdom, a base for chinese and japanese entrepreneurs who traded in the south china sea. But more recently, its chased legitimate business but still with an entrepreneurial zeal, leading the world of Technology Manufacturing since the 1960s. Over 30 years, taiwan underwent massive industrialisation in what has become known as the taiwan miracle. Huge tech firms grew, becoming household names. Asus, htc, acer. At the centre of this was the semiconductor industry, led by a company you have probably n
The week. Right now there are more than a dozen fires across the state. The largest is the kincade fire in the north bay. And here is the latest numbers. We know the fire has burned more than 54,000 acres. Containment has dropped to 5 . 94 buildings have been destroyed and another 80,000 are threatened by flames. Firefighters now believe it will take at least until november 7th to contain the fire. Thousands of schools are closed today because of smoke and the ongoing Power Outages. In fact we have a full list on nbcbayarea. Com and also run those on the bottom of your screen right now. And we are tracking new evacuations overnight in Sonoma County as the fire continues to spread, today in the bay Sharon Katsuda is near windsor and giving us different vantage points all morning long. What do you see now . Reporter that is right, laura and marcus, were here off of pleasant avenue new thought road where there was an active fire a couple of hours ago and behind me there are still some fla
Of low pressure working its way gcioss of low pressure working its way across the uk today. Thats going to bring some very strong winds, with just potentially up to 80 mph for parts of southern england. Some heavy rain and the forecast as well. Ill have all the details in the next half an hour. It is saturday 2 november. Our top story the wait is almost over. In just a few hours time, england will take on south africa in a historic Rugby World Cup final injapan. Thousands of england fans have made the journey to the stadium in yokohama, with millions more expected to watch and listen to the game here. It is the first time england have reached the final since 2007. Adam wild reports. It is the games guest prize. Both england and south africa knowjust what victory feels like. Both desperate to go there again. The teams of 2019 now carry that weight of hope and of expectation. England, on the other side of the world, with a chance to showjust how far they have come. Weve had four years to
Its way eastwards, heavy rain for the far north of scotland, but per southern skull, Northern England and parts of northern ireland, drier, brighter and sunny spells. Temperatures not above what we saw first thing this morning, highs of ten to 13 celsius. Areas of rain spiralling around the area. Becoming more charity. Clear skies in between and the winds are slowly starting to ease. and the winds are slowly starting to ease. Becoming more charity. Less windy tomorrow but still summer showers around. Hello, this is bbc news. The headlines. South africa have won the Rugby World Cup final after convincingly beating england 32 12 at yokohama injapan. Jubilation in capetown as the sprinkboks win the trophy for the third time, the first with a black captain. So near, yet so far for england fans who take comfort in team coach eddiejones achievements. The government halts fracking for gas in england until there is evidence the controversial process is safe. President trump ridicules former de