TSMC (Remastered)

We dive into the unbelievable and unlikely history behind the
quietest technology giant of them all: the Taiwan Semiconductor
Manufacturing Company. Founded in 1987 by the then-56 year old
Morris Chang, already a legend in the semiconductor industry by
virtue of his meteoric rise and fall at Texas Instruments, TSMC
today manufactures nearly all the leading-edge chips for Nvidia,
Apple, Broadcom, Qualcomm, AMD, and yes — even Intel. Tune in for
an incredible story of innovation, perseverance and lasers. Lots
and lots of lasers!


Note: this is a remastered version of our original 2021 episode.
We don’t often re-release old episodes, but in this case we have
a very timely reason for doing so. Stay tuned! :)



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