Despite their ubiquity in our everyday electronics, semiconductor chips are complicated and hugely expensive to make.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited (TSMC), Fab 5 building, Hsinchu Science Park, Taiwan Credit: Peellden, Creative Commons
Semiconductor chips power just about every electronic device we use these days, from our phones to our laptops to our smart doorbells and house locks. But despite their ubiquity, making these chips is a complicated and hugely expensive process, dominated by a small number of manufacturing powerhouses.
This week, we’re looking at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, or TSMC, one of the world’s leading semiconductor fabrication companies, to get a better sense of the industry a
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