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>>> The problem always is “Intel fabs are so deeply integrated with Intel circuit design that it’s hard for more general customers to use their process.” Why w
by arroz 4y ago
>>> The problem always is “Intel fabs are so deeply integrated with Intel circuit design that it’s hard for more general customers to use their process.”
Why would this be a problem ?
- RC_ITR 4y agoThere are things called “design rules” that the circuit designers (basically software developers who make the map for how the circuits should be laid out) need to follow for a process (basically “the software will allow you to do X, but the way we make chips, it won’t work”) TSMC focuses on making rules that are easy to follow (and documenting their rules for a broad audience). Intel has been “allowed” to make design rules that are bad for the circuit designers, as long as they improve performance, since the designers are a captive audience. That doesn’t work as a 3P vendor.
- bob1029 4y agoI think we would have to wait and see how far they're willing to go. If intel releases a high quality process design kit, or even develops their own handholding consulting experience, I don't see why it couldn't work.