And TSMC depends on machines by ASML they can also sell to others.

And ASML licensed the technology from EUV LLC.

Which was a conglomerate of a bunch of state-funded US research labs.

And the US cut its science funding.

Misery all the way down!

> And ASML licensed the technology from EUV LLC.

And glass/mirrors from Zeiss, amongst a whole bunch others:

> ASML employs more than 42,000 people[1] from 143 nationalities and relies on a network of nearly 5,000 tier 1 suppliers.[6]

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASML_Holding

* https://www.robotsops.com/complete-list-of-all-suppliers-and...

Let's also not forget the the two most prominent chip design software companies, Cadence and Synopsys, are American:

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_EDA_companies

There are all sorts of inter-dependencies between companies and countries: welcome to globalization.

It’s a conglomerate of researchers that were employed by the feds and private institutions who met have received various forms of grants

I think the science funding cuts will be inconsequential to that entity

But what about the next area where science can have a massive impact?

sounds like a totally different thread to me