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oxqbldpxo ◴[30 Oct 25 21:15 UTC] No.45765471[source]▶
All these companies depend on TSMC for their life.
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sho_hn ◴[30 Oct 25 21:24 UTC] No.45765560[source]▶
And TSMC depends on machines by ASML they can also sell to others.

And ASML licensed the technology from EUV LLC.

Which was a conglomerate of a bunch of state-funded US research labs.

And the US cut its science funding.

Misery all the way down!

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1. throw0101a ◴[31 Oct 25 00:47 UTC] No.45767181[source]▶
> And ASML licensed the technology from EUV LLC.

And glass/mirrors from Zeiss, amongst a whole bunch others:

> ASML employs more than 42,000 people[1] from 143 nationalities and relies on a network of nearly 5,000 tier 1 suppliers.[6]

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASML_Holding

* https://www.robotsops.com/complete-list-of-all-suppliers-and...

Let's also not forget the the two most prominent chip design software companies, Cadence and Synopsys, are American:

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_EDA_companies

There are all sorts of inter-dependencies between companies and countries: welcome to globalization.