A platform: aka the foundation under the bank. The material cement that allows c...

amelius · 2026-09-12T16:19:43

If TSMC is a platform, then why doesn't it have an App Store?

jubilanti · 2026-09-12T16:23:32

They do, you only get access to it if you're comissioning chips.

overcast · 2026-09-12T15:51:43

ASML is the foundation. Without them, none of this would exist.

petcat · 2026-09-12T15:58:03

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.

overcast · 2026-09-12T20:16:59

We can go even further, all of the mining companies! Or even further, and the dead stars that exploded!

MachineMan · 2026-09-12T17:59:12

“Our age of silicon is collapsing” - Christopher Nolan