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That's certainly one way to get the expertise that they need in house to remain competitive (and to ensure their own supply) - certainly if rumors about their c
by px1999 5y ago
That's certainly one way to get the expertise that they need in house to remain competitive (and to ensure their own supply) - certainly if rumors about their current capabilities being less than stellar are correct.
It'll be an interesting move if it comes through to fruition. TBH this would ironically probably be a good thing for Taiwan and may be a good thing for TSMC.
It is somewhat amusing that they're picking up AMD's scraps.
- ac29 5y agoBut, GloFo isnt competitive as is - their best process is a "12nm" process they licensed from Samsung 5 years ago. The only way this makes sense to me is if they are getting such a good deal on their assets that its cheaper to buy them and modernize their plants with Intel's technology than to build new plants of their own.
- halotrope 5y agoAs far as I understand the leading edge nodes are a rather small percentage of global production. The demand for less advanced nodes is still massive e.g for automotive. For intel the know how of working for 3rd party clients along with the tooling is probably much more valuable.