TSMC probably got big when Apple started using them for everything. Historically, Nvidia has used TSMC for most Geforce cards (sometimes using another foundry l

TSMC probably got big when Apple started using them for everything. Historically, Nvidia has used TSMC for most Geforce cards (sometimes using another foundry like Samsung), and even the earlier TNT2[0] from 1999. AMD bought ATI, which has been using TSMC for some Radeon chips going back 15[1] if not 20[2] years. [0] https://www.techspot.com/article/653-history-of-the-gpu-part-2/ https://www.techspot.com/article/653-history-of-the-gpu-part... "The TNT2 utilized TSMC's 250nm process and managed to deliver the performance Nvidia had hoped for with the original TNT." [1] https://www.cadence.com/en_US/home/company/newsroom/press-releases/pr/2005/aticadenceandtsmcproduceindustrysfirstfablessxarchitecturechip.html https://www.cadence.com/en_US/home/company/newsroom/press-re... [2] https://www.techspot.com/article/657-history-of-the-gpu-part-3/ https://www.techspot.com/article/657-history-of-the-gpu-part...