>> Intel has to become a bigger maker of chips to stay among the few companies that can develop and use leading-edge fabrication technologies.... They are not

>> Intel has to become a bigger maker of chips to stay among the few companies that can develop and use leading-edge fabrication technologies.... They are not currently in that category. Nowhere in the article was any mention of EUV lithography, which is really where Intel fell behind. When they get it figured out I'm sure they'll make some rapid progress, but until then they simply aren't on the leading edge. Aside from capacity I'd say they're about equivalent to Global Foundries, except GloFo has some specialty processes too.