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Though perhaps you could say they sell derivatives of software products? I'm assuming they write the best custom chip design software and that's their biggest
by breck 4y ago
Though perhaps you could say they sell derivatives of software products?
I'm assuming they write the best custom chip design software and that's their biggest competitive advantage (and then operational excellence and savvy business maneuvering et cetera). Though I know nothing about them just guessing as an outsider.
- bismuthcrystal 4y agoPointless argument. At present time you could argue it for every company in the world. Boeing? Sells derivatives of CAD software, not airplanes.
- chrsw 4y agoTSMC doesn't really write chip design software. Maybe they do at some small level but that's not their bread and butter. TSMC provides IP engineers need to design chips to be built by TSMC. That IP is used by CAD tools from major players like Cadence, Synopsys and Mentor (now Siemens, I guess). TSMC's advantage is their superior chip fabrication technology and ability to scale.
- breck 4y agoGot it. TSMC provides an Internal Protocol that others can use to get chips built. An API for physical world. Interesting. Thank you!