Steve Blank
JUNE 18, 2020
The United States just did this to China by limiting Huawei’s ability to outsource its in-house chip designs for manufacture by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), a Taiwanese chip foundry. Turn the Tables – Convince TSMC/Taiwan to allow China to have sole access to TSMC. Don’t let the restrictions escalate.
Steve Blank
JANUARY 25, 2022
The last year has seen a ton written about the semiconductor industry: chip shortages, the CHIPS Act , our dependence on Taiwan and TSMC , China, etc. The revenue of products that contain chips is worth tens of t rillions of dollars. TSMC in Taiwan is the leader in logic, Samsung is second. But they don’t design chips.
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thebarefootvc
MAY 13, 2019
As if on cue, BTC prices are back over $6000 and not negatively impacted by the news of the Binance hack — Taiwan-based Binance is the largest crypto exchange in the world by volume. Speaking of which, up until this morning, the Binance hack was the biggest news to hit the sector in the past week.
Steve Blank
MAY 17, 2022
None of these companies own a chip manufacturing plant (a fab) so they all use a foundry (an independent company that makes chips for others) like TSMC in Taiwan (or SMIC in China for for its defense related silicon.). A Sample of AI GPU, FPGA and ASIC AI Chips and Where They’re Made.
VC Cafe
APRIL 17, 2020
Eating – when I was in Taiwan and Vietnam over the summer, I noticed several people livestreaming their meals (especially hot pot!). Patreon has seen a surge in registrations. It grew from 150,000 total users by 30,000 (20% of its total base) in March alone, according to the Patreon blog. In Korea it’s a popular thing.
YoungUpstarts
MARCH 25, 2019
By this time, consumption will have already risen and a significant portion of the population will have had a steady revenue growth. The nation quickly managed to transition from an emerging market to a developed market, as opposed to Qatar or Taiwan. If you want to start a business in a specific country, Israel would be a good choice.
YoungUpstarts
JANUARY 27, 2016
Globally, SMEs that sell overseas generate average revenues of US$1.5 In China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Spain and Taiwan, exporting SMEs are roughly twice as likely to report such rapid growth compared to their non-exporting counterparts, while exporting SMEs in Brazil, Colombia and India are between 1.1-1.3
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