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Re:EU countries team up for semiconductor push by joelbluminator on Wednesday December 09, 2020 @12:06PM (#25360806)
Measuring sales isn't how you do that usually, market cap is the way to go (and then ASML dwarfs the rest). But even by sales seems like NL is leading.
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Re:EU countries team up for semiconductor push by mrtksn on Wednesday December 09, 2020 @12:53PM (#25361396)
Market cap is a metric that can be influenced by teenagers on reddit. A meme department can be more effective investment than engineering.
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Re:EU countries team up for semiconductor push by globuous on Wednesday December 09, 2020 @12:16PM (#25360937)
> Why isn't Netherlands mentioned btw? What semiconductors companies did Germany , France and Spain built so far?

If market cap was relevant you'd be, in a parallel conversation, be able to say:

> Why isn't Telsa mentioned btw ? What cars have Ford, Toyota and Mercedes built so far ?

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Re:EU countries team up for semiconductor push by joelbluminator on Wednesday December 09, 2020 @12:23PM (#25361020)
Well yes Tesla is currently stronger than Ford and Toyota, that's what the market decided. Is the market wrong? We'll see.
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