Taiwanese firm TSMC produces 90% of the world's most advanced chips. It was founded in 1987 with a vision of not designing any chips, only manufacturing them. Because it's the world's largest chip maker, it has reaped extraordinary economies of scale,. The other 10% are produced by Samsung of South Korea.
Today we’re bringing you an episode on chips. No, not potato chips. Kevin has been pitching an episode on the truly fascinating world of chips and semiconductors for quite a while, but our friends at the The Ezra Klein Show got to it first. This week on Hard Fork: Ezra Klein’s engrossing conversation with historian Chris Miller. It’s a must listen. Thank you to Ezra for beating us in our quest for a great chips episode.
We'll be back with our regularly scheduled tech coverage, with Kevin and Casey next week.