What Does a Semiconductor Foundry Do?

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A semiconductor foundry manufactures chips for other companies, turning a circuit design into physical electronic devices. Its central job is to make the tiny structures and connections that allow a chip to work, then repeat that process reliably across many wafers. Some foundry services also include help with design, packaging and testing. The distinction matters because the company whose name appears on a processor does not necessarily own the factory that fabricated it. Chip design and chip manufacturing solve different problems. Designers decide what a device should do and develop the circuitry needed to achieve it. A foundry supplies a manufacturing process that can turn that circuitry into silicon. TSMC describes its dedicated foundry business as manufacturing customers’ products, rather than selling competing chip designs of its own. Companies that focus on design while contracting out fabrication are often called fabless. Other businesses combine chip design with their own manu...
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Why Did Patrick Stewart Return as Jean-Luc Picard?

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Illustration of Patrick Stewart as an older Jean-Luc Picard beside a vineyard beneath a starry sky

Patrick Stewart returned as Jean-Luc Picard because the new series offered a changed character in a changed world. He had resisted earlier invitations to revisit Star Trek, but a fresh approach made the role interesting again.

At a 2019 fan convention, Stewart explained that his experience on Logan helped shape that decision. That film had taken Professor Charles Xavier into a very different setting. Stewart challenged producers Alex Kurtzman and Akiva Goldsman to imagine a similarly different world for Picard, rather than repeat the earlier series.

Both Stewart and Picard had grown older in the intervening years. The actor wanted those changes in life and outlook to matter to the story. His return, announced in August 2018, was therefore about exploring a new chapter for the character.

Sources: Star Trek’s account of Stewart’s explanation; The 2018 return announcement.

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