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Gloved hands hold a spherical semiconductor wafer showing rainbow-colored light reflections in a laboratory with a magnifying lamp overhead
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TSMC's Pricing Power: How One Foundry Sets the Cost of Every Advanced Chip

TSMC sells wafers, not chips, and prices them by process node. Here is how one foundry's leading-edge grip puts a floor under the cost of every advanced phone chip, GPU, and AI accelerator, why switching is nearly impossible, and where the toll actually lands.

Ahmad J · Jul 30, 2026 · 10 min read

Metal optical components with lenses mounted on stands arranged on a table while two people in protective suits work in a cleanroom laboratory
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How EUV Lithography Works, in Plain Terms

EUV uses 13.5nm light to print the smallest features on modern chips. The way that light is made, lost, and steered off precision mirrors is one of the strangest feats in manufacturing, and by 2026 it is what makes 2nm-class chips possible.

Ahmad J · Jul 30, 2026 · 8 min read