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All these companies depend on TSMC for their life.
Had to look up what TSMC meant (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company). What would Apple's next best option be if a war rendered TSMC unavailable?
Also Chip Wars is really good. I may be confusing which one is which because I read them back to back, but they overlap!
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People choose what to outsource and, as cars have become more complicated and require more diagnostic equipment, they go to a dealer/mechanic. Personally, I've never done a lot of personal car mechanic work. On the other hand, I've done my own cooking more than not. You make choices about what you do yourself and what you have others do for you.
> cars have become more complicated and require more diagnostic equipment For the consumable stuff every car owner has to deal with, nothing has really changed in 40 years, honestly! A brake service is still done the exact same way, same with virtually all the fluid services. I just find far more people parrot "modern cars are so complicated" today and don't even consider that in fact, it is relatively simple to chan…
(Air filters are, admittedly, pretty easy.)
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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!
It’s a conglomerate of researchers that were employed by the feds and private institutions who met have received various forms of grants I think the science funding cuts will be inconsequential to that entity
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People choose what to outsource and, as cars have become more complicated and require more diagnostic equipment, they go to a dealer/mechanic. Personally, I've never done a lot of personal car mechanic work. On the other hand, I've done my own cooking more than not. You make choices about what you do yourself and what you have others do for you.
> cars have become more complicated and require more diagnostic equipment For the consumable stuff every car owner has to deal with, nothing has really changed in 40 years, honestly! A brake service is still done the exact same way, same with virtually all the fluid services. I just find far more people parrot "modern cars are so complicated" today and don't even consider that in fact, it is relatively simple to chan…
I can attest that changing a brake pad is mission impossible level without the proper tools. The tools and experience are what make it look easy, for someone that has both.
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Had to look up what TSMC meant (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company). What would Apple's next best option be if a war rendered TSMC unavailable?
There's an amazing book on Apple in China all about this issue (and more). It's a great read and I'd highly recommend if you're interested. Also Chip Wars is really good. I may be confusing which one is which because I read them back to back, but they overlap!
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> cars have become more complicated and require more diagnostic equipment For the consumable stuff every car owner has to deal with, nothing has really changed in 40 years, honestly! A brake service is still done the exact same way, same with virtually all the fluid services. I just find far more people parrot "modern cars are so complicated" today and don't even consider that in fact, it is relatively simple to chan…
You're overstating how easy these tasks are for many people. Doing brake pads/rotors or changing oil requires a driveway, some tools, and (for oil) a way to collect and dispose of the old fluids. Not everyone has access to those things - for instance, people who live in an apartment complex may not have the space to work on their car. (Air filters are, admittedly, pretty easy.)
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They have enough "AI" stuff. People just don't know it is AI. That is the best way of integrating AI into your product(s). The tech behind stuff doesn't really matter for the end user. other companies should also follow that trend, use ai for useful features, just give the feature a good name... no need to mention "ai"... because next year it could be something else that is powering the feature.
Siri can’t tell the time and people on Android can remove passerby’s from pictures, we can’t. I’m an Apple fanboy but Apple has been coasting for 10 years.
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It’s a conglomerate of researchers that were employed by the feds and private institutions who met have received various forms of grants I think the science funding cuts will be inconsequential to that entity
But what about the next area where science can have a massive impact?
All these companies depend on TSMC for their life.
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!
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.
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You're overstating how easy these tasks are for many people. Doing brake pads/rotors or changing oil requires a driveway, some tools, and (for oil) a way to collect and dispose of the old fluids. Not everyone has access to those things - for instance, people who live in an apartment complex may not have the space to work on their car. (Air filters are, admittedly, pretty easy.)
Sure, everything you say was true for many folks 40 years ago too though! My point is, the processes haven't really changed for the common maintenance tasks over this period, people's perception of the difficulty certainly appears to have though.