Although 90% of the world’s advanced semiconductor chips are manufactured in Taiwan, Taiwan’s lag in quantum technology may cause it to miss out on important opportunities in the quantum era. Jackson Hu, former chairman and CEO of United Microelectronic Corp. (UMC), expressed concern over the risk, and warned that TSMC’s lack of quantum technology advantage may cost its orders. He also emphasized that if Taiwan missed out the quantum era could have decades-long impact and more than hundreds of billions of dollars in lost business opportunities. The following is a DIGITIMES Asia exclusive interview with Hu (translated from Chinese):