Read the first thing that popped up on DuckDuckGo for me about it To prove I’m not literally just making the concept up. https://bhsblueprint.org/showcase/2024/02/29/tis-calculator-empire-the-unstoppable-ti-84/
But again the point is still as always that I’m pitching a shift in perspective against always giving the benefit of the doubt to massive corporations literally in every aspect of any argument. What if-hear me out- what if, it actually doesn’t matter how Texas Instruments got their monopoly. That whether or not it was done “illegally” or as a natural result of shrewd business practices is ., in fact, deliberately obfuscating the fact that it is a monopoly, that it did come into existence by leveraging its standing as a weapons manufacturer and government partner to dominate a smaller market.
Like that would be the important part or something.
Yeah whatever. I loved Lemmy at first and I’m hoping it’s just the election season but gd this is terminally online. And that’s coming from me
The linked article is pretty good, but does not match your pictured text. TI didn't develop or own the CPU for the calculators. The Z80 was designed by Zilog. Also there's nothing about bombs in your article to back up that text.
The REAL reason TI dominates the hand calculator market is stated in the article: TI made teaching materials that give student and teacher instructions only about TI calculators.
Thats it really.
Yup, several companies have near-monopolies on microchips at different levels (Intel for CPU, NVidia for GPUs, TSMC for manufacturing) but not really TI. They used to, but pretty much lost it now.
You’re conflating popularity with monopoly. There are many CPU chip manufacturers. A monopoly means that one company has exclusive control over a particular market, preventing other companies from entering said market.
Also, your claim that TSMC is “for manufacturing“ is misleading. They do manufacture semiconductors; which are then used by a multitude of technology companies, which also include Intel and TI.
Lol, popularity vs monopoly is barely more than a matter of perspective. Google argues they don’t have a monopoly on ad services, they’re just the most popular (the government disagrees).
Every company I listed attempts to stop others from entering the market. TSMC holds the lions share of the market and works hard to keep it that way. They are also one of few foundry’s manucturing the highest end chips. Just because multiple companies use them as a foundry doesn’t mean they aren’t a monopoly over certain segments of the market. (Google is used by literally everyone).
If you’re interested in how the chip market is actually dominated by very few players, check out Chip Wars by Chris Miller.