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People, Process & Technology — The TSMC Story

Chip by Chip

From TSMC to Terafab

Tesla Yoda


  1. To understand AI, you have to know Nvidia.
  2. To understand Nvidia, you have to know TSMC.
  3. To understand TSMC, you have to know ASML.
  4. To understand ASML, you have to know Zeiss.
  5. To understand Zeiss, you have to know Optics.
  6. To understand Optics, you have to know Physics.
  7. To understand all of it, you have to read this book.

I did not set out to write a book about TSMC. I set out to understand what I owned.

Chapter 1: “The Most Important Company You’ve Never Studied” · 10-page PDF · No sign-up required

“If you own Nvidia, you are making a bet on TSMC.”
Chapter 1
“The assets can be purchased. The compounding cannot. And the compounding is the asset.”
Chapter 23
“TERAFAB is not a threat to TSMC. It is a testament to TSMC.”
Chapter 27

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