← Back to context Comment by amelius 13 hours ago And what is TSMC in this analogy? 13 comments amelius Reply JumpCrisscross 12 hours ago > And what is TSMC in this analogy?The mint? itsalwaysgood 12 hours ago A platform: aka the foundation under the bank.The material cement that allows chips to exist above it.And the platform is made of time: ours. amelius 12 hours ago If TSMC is a platform, then why doesn't it have an App Store? jubilanti 12 hours ago They do, you only get access to it if you're comissioning chips. overcast 12 hours ago ASML is the foundation. Without them, none of this would exist. petcat 12 hours ago I think we can go even further and say that IBM, Zeiss, several Japanese companies, and even the US Department of Energy are the actual foundation since ASML is largely just an integrator of many different technologies they license from elsewhere. 2 replies → tccole 13 hours ago Idk… government bonds or something? bigyikes 13 hours ago What’s upstream of the central bank? …Congress? aeonik 13 hours ago The currency press operator and manufacturer. creativeSlumber 13 hours ago do they lend money to their customers to buy their own chips?
itsalwaysgood 12 hours ago A platform: aka the foundation under the bank.The material cement that allows chips to exist above it.And the platform is made of time: ours. amelius 12 hours ago If TSMC is a platform, then why doesn't it have an App Store? jubilanti 12 hours ago They do, you only get access to it if you're comissioning chips. overcast 12 hours ago ASML is the foundation. Without them, none of this would exist. petcat 12 hours ago I think we can go even further and say that IBM, Zeiss, several Japanese companies, and even the US Department of Energy are the actual foundation since ASML is largely just an integrator of many different technologies they license from elsewhere. 2 replies →
amelius 12 hours ago If TSMC is a platform, then why doesn't it have an App Store? jubilanti 12 hours ago They do, you only get access to it if you're comissioning chips.
overcast 12 hours ago ASML is the foundation. Without them, none of this would exist. petcat 12 hours ago I think we can go even further and say that IBM, Zeiss, several Japanese companies, and even the US Department of Energy are the actual foundation since ASML is largely just an integrator of many different technologies they license from elsewhere. 2 replies →
petcat 12 hours ago I think we can go even further and say that IBM, Zeiss, several Japanese companies, and even the US Department of Energy are the actual foundation since ASML is largely just an integrator of many different technologies they license from elsewhere. 2 replies →
> And what is TSMC in this analogy?
The mint?
A platform: aka the foundation under the bank.
The material cement that allows chips to exist above it.
And the platform is made of time: ours.
If TSMC is a platform, then why doesn't it have an App Store?
They do, you only get access to it if you're comissioning chips.
ASML is the foundation. Without them, none of this would exist.
I think we can go even further and say that IBM, Zeiss, several Japanese companies, and even the US Department of Energy are the actual foundation since ASML is largely just an integrator of many different technologies they license from elsewhere.
2 replies →
Idk… government bonds or something?
What’s upstream of the central bank? …Congress?
The currency press operator and manufacturer.
do they lend money to their customers to buy their own chips?