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ASML, a Dutch semiconductor company, is a titan in the fab business. TSMC might be the world leader is chip fabrication, but the kit that they use is Dutch-sour
by i_am_proteus 6y ago
ASML, a Dutch semiconductor company, is a titan in the fab business. TSMC might be the world leader is chip fabrication, but the kit that they use is Dutch-sourced.
- ChuckNorris89 6y agoASML gets mentioned so often as counter example to EU's downfall in tech that all it does it prove the point. One drop of water doesn't mean it's raining.
- mschuster91 6y ago> One drop of water doesn't mean it's raining. The German Mittelstand is famous for their "hidden champions" - in fact, 48% of small-ish "world market leaders" are German, while only 28 of the big "Top 500" are (per https://www.bbc.com/news/business-40796571 https://www.bbc.com/news/business-40796571). The problems with our Mittelstand are a) modern IT technologies (the amount of Mittelstand companies operating on fax-ed POs or with extremely shoddy IT setups is... mind blowing) and b) finding new and competent staff, given that many young people move to cities because the rural areas are unliveable.
- ChuckNorris89 6y agoTBH, as a SW engineer who used to work in family owned Mittelstand companies, those places are the worst you can choose to work in and no wonder they can't find employees willing to work for them anymore. Good riddance!