I don't understand callous contempful comments against Intel's manufacturing capabilities. There are incredible people making things possible fomr both sides in

I don't understand callous contempful comments against Intel's manufacturing capabilities. There are incredible people making things possible fomr both sides in one of the most advanced manufacturing processes in the world. I've worked inside a fab and I can tell you that the industry is much more appreciative of each other's competitors than the outside fanboys Where did you read contemptful? The OP was merely stating a fact that Intel has lost the manufacturing race big time which is hard to refute given TSMC's progress. Sitting on their asses is just a illustrative way of saying that. It does not mean Intel people were stupid or they didn't appreciate their competing colleagues or that Intel would now be worthless. If anything it just makes more sense for a chip company to focus their efforts on designing chips and outsource manufacturing which basically is a separate business anyway -- unless they happen to have an edge also in that which Intel did have earlier.