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With $20 billion in US and €33B in Europe, Intel seem to focus again on fabrication. Intel has struggled lately to compete with TSMC/Samsung, Does these big inv
by akmittal 5y ago
With $20 billion in US and €33B in Europe, Intel seem to focus again on fabrication. Intel has struggled lately to compete with TSMC/Samsung, Does these big investments mean they have a bigger plan?
- sparky_ 5y agoNot sure why you're being downvoted. Intel has indeed confirmed plans to act as a fab/foundry for other companies [1]. So this new capacity is likely aiming beyond their own chips and ISA. 1: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/23/intel-is-spending-20-billion-to-build-two-new-chip-plants-in-arizona.html https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/23/intel-is-spending-20-billion...
- Shadonototra 5y agoit's nothing compared to south korea and their 450 BILLIONs https://spectrum.ieee.org/south-koreas-450billion-investment-latest-in-chip-making-push https://spectrum.ieee.org/south-koreas-450billion-investment... it's literally nothing Intel is doing it to please the clueless politics
- akmittal 5y ago$20 billion in US, $36 billion in Europe and they spent 5.4 billion overtaking Tower semiconductor. This is not nothing. Moreover south korea plan to invest that amount in next 10 years and their plan does not seem much concrete as of now