The Projection — a symmetric watercolor butterfly

The Projection

The surface is never the system.

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Gravity

GROSS ~$53B/yr revenue, but EXTERNAL foundry gravity is tiny (few marquee external customers at leading edge); its real gravity is STRATEGIC — the only US-owned leading-edge fab the state wants to exist — far exceeding commercial pull (undeflated)

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