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Where metal gets opinions beaten into it by fire and gravity.
means A workshop or factory where metal is melted and poured into molds to cast objects, or by extension, a place that forges type for printing.
from From Old French 'fondre' meaning 'to melt,' tracing back to Latin 'fundere' (to pour, melt, cast) — the same root that gives us 'fuse,' 'fusion,' and 'font' (the printing kind, since metal type was cast, not written). The '-ry' suffix just marks the place where the pouring happens, same pattern as 'bakery' or 'brewery' — a building named after the verb that defines it.
- origin
- from latin fundere, to pour
- OG tech startup
- bronze age foundries ran actual supply chains
- silicon twist
- chip foundries pour sand instead of metal
- risk
- molten metal plus water equals explosion