Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, or TSMC, one of the world’s major makers of advanced computer chips modeled the large plant it built near Phoenix after its manufacturing facilities in Taiwan. TSMC is now finding some challenges as the company’s leadership and its American workers are experiencing friction arising from culture clashes over business practices and management and employee relationships. ASU has been a major source of TSMC employees in Arizona, says Zachary Holman, vice dean of Research and Innovation in ASU’s Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering, noting that the company funds research projects for students as a way to assess potential future workers.