Part of the way? I'd say that Intel's success has been entirely due to their ability to stay a step ahead of everybody in fab processes. Losing that ability i

Part of the way? I'd say that Intel's success has been entirely due to their ability to stay a step ahead of everybody in fab processes. Losing that ability is going to kill their profitability in the long run. Things are going to get ugly for them. Losing a product line that drove that fab improvement process isn't going to help.