SCSP's @channingclee on the myth at the center of Strait Forward's chip industry miniseries:
"Somehow along the way, there was this narrative that developed... that Taiwan stole it. Frankly, and unfortunately, that narrative is extremely false."
Taiwan's dominance wasn't a
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