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Maybe you mean "how few"? AFAIK, the only companies able to produce modern chips are Intel, TSMC, Samsung and GlobalFoundries; and Intel only makes chips for v
by listic 11y ago
Maybe you mean "how few"?
AFAIK, the only companies able to produce modern chips are Intel, TSMC, Samsung and GlobalFoundries; and Intel only makes chips for very select third parties, such as Altera, which they did ultimately buy.
- ant6n 11y agoGood thing chip producing and chill design is splitting. It's a bit like how separating railway infrastructure owner and railway operator is good for having more competition among the operators. If you need to build a whole network to run a few trains (compared to renting it on existing infrastructure), then that's a pretty big moat.