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At some point Intel should just dump their own process nodes and go with TSMC. This is getting ridiculous.
by bhouston 6y ago
At some point Intel should just dump their own process nodes and go with TSMC. This is getting ridiculous.
- _1100 6y agoAs much as I enjoy seeing Intel falter for all of the anti-competitive practices it has employed in the past... I think them moving to outsourced foundries would be a huge move in the wrong direction for fab consolidation.
- sitkack 6y agoWe need to retain competition, otherwise AMD will be the new Intel and we will have gotten nowhere.
- coayer 6y agoI feel the same about Samsung's Exynos mobile SoCs. While they are definitely worse than Qualcomm's, if they went away Qualcomm would be the only chip maker for Android flagships (excluding Huawei, but without Google play services they don't really count).
- Iwan-Zotow 6y agoMTK anyone?
- bob1029 6y agoSeems like even if they went with TSMC, they are a little bit late to the party. AMD has been optimizing against TSMC's nodes for years. AMD is also an organization that has been operating with the 3rd party foundry model for 10+ years. How long would it take for Intel to undergo an org-chart/culture transition into a similar model? I have to believe this would be a fairly disruptive time for such a large organization. Not saying Intel can't pull it off, but it seems like their strategy will have to exist on a >5 year timeline at this point.
- samfisher83 6y agoFor a long time intel had the best manufacturing capabilities. That was a competitive advantage. Just because you are trailing doesn't mean you will trail forever. They might not catch up, but they could catch up as well.