Inside TSMC's facilities in Taiwan, where Fab 18 makes a quintillion transistors for Apple every six months, and an interview with Chairman Mark Liu
As the US boosts production of silicon chips, an American journalist goes inside TSMC, the mysterious Taiwanese company at the center of the global industry.
Wired Virginia Heffernan
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@shadihamid
Shadi Hamid
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This is one of the best article titles I've seen in a long time. Not exactly sure what to expect but looking forward to reading the latest from @page88. 'I saw the face of God in a semiconductor factory" https://www.wired.com/...
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@susandominus
Susan Dominus
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Brilliant, essential, deep, but also hugely entertaining writing from @page88, the gonzo philosopher/reporter who can do anything—including unpacking the global and cultural meaning of the all-powerful semiconductor industry in Taiwan:. https://www.wired.com/...
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Virginia Heffernan
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Keith has been a masterful diplomat when it comes to showing how trust and collaboration is all that matters — and how the Silicon Shield is still absolutely vital to the protection of democracy. https://twitter.com/...
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@keithjkrach
Keith J. Krach
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Important look by @page88 @WIRED into the critical role trusted technology plays in securing freedom. Semiconductors are in everything with an on/off switch. It's the most important industry in the world. If we're going to protect our way of life from authoritarian threats, we...…
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@avbronstein
Avraham Bronstein
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“Two qualities, Mark Liu tells me, set the TSMC scientists apart: curiosity and stamina. Religion, to my surprise, is also common. “Every scientist must believe in God,” Liu says.” - a beautiful piece that really feels reverence and awe for modern technology by @page88 https://tw…
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@workmj
Michael Jackson
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“TSMC's simultaneous invisibility and indispensability to the human race is something that Jensen Huang, the CEO of Nvidia, likes to joke about. ‘Basically, there is air—and TSMC’”. https://www.wired.com/...
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@waterslicer
Angela Watercutter
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The most fascinating story on silicon chips you'll ever read, from @page88 https://www.wired.com/... https://twitter.com/...
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@sivavaid
Siva Vaidhyanathan
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This is a brilliant and important reported piece by @page88. Please read it and circulate it. https://www.wired.com/...
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@ashleygjovik
@ashleygjovik
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WIRED just published an article earnestly titled “I Saw the Face of God in a Semiconductor Factory” & I don't know if I'm going to laugh or cry This is the same silicon fab that created the Superfund wasteland known as Santa Clara Cnty & burnt my hair off https://www.wired.com/..…
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@ajblum
Andrew Blum
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On TSMC and “the sturdiest artifact of 20th-century realpolitik.” What a remarkable piece. https://twitter.com/...
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@brianweeden
@brianweeden
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Good piece on the technology and politics of Taiwanese semiconductor fab TSMC https://www.wired.com/...
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Virginia Heffernan
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A piece about microchips, democracy, and the face of God. https://www.wired.com/...
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@theannagat
@theannagat
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“Like money, silicon chips are both densely material and the engine of nearly all modern abstraction, from laws to concepts to cognition itself. And the power relations and global economy of semiconductor chips can turn as mind-boggling as cryptocurrency markets...” https://twitt…