Will Ripley, CNN Senior International Correspondent: To say it's difficult to gain access to Taiwan's 5Semiconductor 6ManufacturingCompany would be the 7understatement of the year, or maybe two years, because that's about how long it's taken my team and I to get 8permission to come here. Behind these walls, some of the world's most advanced, highly 9secretive technology. It's so secret, you have to check your phone, your laptop, anything that 10emits a signal, just to walk through the door.
CNN Anchor: As 11demand for AI-driven technologies 12soars, TSMC is the 13go-to global manufacturer, sending 14stocks 15skyrocketing. The company's 16workforce, 77,000 strong and growing, a far cry from its humble beginnings in 1987, says the Senior Vice President of human resources, Lora Ho.
Will Ripley: What is it like to run 17HR for what is 18arguably the most important company in the world right now?
Lora Ho, Senior Vice President of Human Resources, TSMC: I think now HR is very different than the HR then because we are fast 19expandingour global 20footprint.
CNN Anchor: TSMC says it needs to hire thousands of new employees over the next few years to fill chip factories or 21fabs 22under construction right now across Taiwan and around the world.