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Tom Quan recently came to Cadence to talk about TSMC's automotive strategy. Tom and I go back a long way since fifteen years ago, when I was running the custom IC group. I hired him into Cadence to work for me to run a project that had the nickname Superchip, but I won't rehash old history here. Especially since Superchip was anything but super.

Last year in TSMC Technology Update, I talked about how TSMC have moved away from a "mobile only" strategy to one that fully committed to four markets: mobile (still), automotive, HPC, and IoT. By fully committed they meant more than just marketing, but also special IP libraries, special flows, and special process options. Tom came to tell us what was going on in a bit more detail.

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