TSMC paces the frontier by accident whenever it underestimates chip demand
dan_s_becker · x · 2026-09-14
dansbecker quips that while pacing the AI frontier is framed as an impossible collective action problem, TSMC manages it by accident every time it underestimates chip demand — a wry take on supply-side constraints as natural brakes.
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