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Looking at some publicly available shots of 10nm SRAM from the three companies, it's pretty obvious TSMC has the most MP-friendly layout style, compared to Samsung or even Intel. So it's no wonder they are ahead.
I'll say this tribal countries like china and israel has a population that willingly does that type of work. For them it's a matter of integrity. I don't think americans in general want to do that type of work. We rely on a mexican population that are in constant fear of the prison system or being turned over to the mexican consulate to do those jobs. II's really bad.