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Infineon, TI and ST all own and operate fabs all over the world. Fabless means you design chips, but you don't have your own fab (fabrication facitlity). TSMC
by 11thEarlOfMar 4y ago
Infineon, TI and ST all own and operate fabs all over the world.
Fabless means you design chips, but you don't have your own fab (fabrication facitlity). TSMC is a foundry and and fabs chips for fabless companies like NVIDIA and Xilinx.
It's explained in detail in my linked comment.
- jontrossbach 4y agoThat linked comment sounds a bit confused. Infineon, TI, and ST do not have lithography machine capacity to make all chips on their own at scale. However it is possible they do package their chips into components at their own Fabs. This Bloomberg article might help clarify your understanding. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-01-12/tsmc-chief-sees-end-to-chip-shortage-that-hammered-auto-industry https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-01-12/tsmc-chie...