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It's arguably strategic to have domestic capacity, sure. It doesn't have to be Intel. Giving a company even the vague belief, let alone the certainty, that i
by ska 4y ago
It's arguably strategic to have domestic capacity, sure. It doesn't have to be Intel.
Giving a company even the vague belief, let alone the certainty, that it won't be allowed to fail is a stunningly bad idea.
- lacker 4y agoWho else can it be besides Intel? I don't think it even needs to be "domestic", per se, it just needs to be in a country that isn't extremely likely to be invaded by China.
- Symmetry 4y agoIBM had bleeding edge fabs not too long ago and is still involved in the research if not the mass production side.
- bee_rider 4y agoHmm. I think it depends on the application. Defense isn't HPC, right? They can probably get by on 22nm or so for most applications, so GlobalFoundries might be able to handle it. Or, heck, Texas Instruments might be able to handle some chips (obviously they aren't cutting edge on the digital logic process node side, but they so all the funky analog stuff and they'll keep making a design for, like, a bazillion years, which may be appealing to the military).