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There is no way Intel is going to exit fabrication. They're using TSMC out of necessity, not desire. Intel's fabs are integral not only to their success and pr
by cbozeman 6y ago
There is no way Intel is going to exit fabrication.
They're using TSMC out of necessity, not desire. Intel's fabs are integral not only to their success and profits, but to the infrastructure of the United States itself. We simply cannot allow all CPU fabrication to be offshored, especially when most of it is close to China (Taiwan / TSMC). Samsung is too busy pumping out smartphone / tablet CPUs and NVIDIA's GPUs, so even if Intel wanted to use them, there's not enough capacity.
Intel is going to have to get their shit together, not just for their own sake, but for strategic manufacturing security interests of the United States as well.
- mywittyname 6y agoI think it's important to point out that the US has plenty of silicon fabrication plants. They just don't produce the cutting edge 3nm chips, instead they focus on the older chips that make up the bulk of the market. Silicon chips are still the fourth largest American manufacturing export. Given the expensive involved in bleeding edge manufacturing and the comparatively low volumes of sales, the consolidation of manufacturing capacity is not really surprising.