> Intel is demonstrating the capabilities of their fab services including the ip blocks they have available. Oh yes, absolutely. (I was going to mention that e

> Intel is demonstrating the capabilities of their fab services including the ip blocks they have available. Oh yes, absolutely. (I was going to mention that earlier, but the edit timer had expired.) But yes, splitting fab service into a separate business unit that is seriously open for 3rd parties seem to be a major strategic shift since Gelsinger took over the helm. And it probably makes sense, as TSMC et al have demonstrated the merchant fab model can work for the top end designs as well and the entire rest of the industry is moving towards that. So in a way, unless Intel wants to be the odd man out with their own idiosyncratic workflows this is a route they must go down on.