Altera switched to Intel fabs from TSMC in 2013, so yeah it makes sense for Intel to pick up the folks you don't have to do much to integrate into your manufact

Altera switched to Intel fabs from TSMC in 2013, so yeah it makes sense for Intel to pick up the folks you don't have to do much to integrate into your manufacturing process. But AMD and Xilinx both already being fabless meant it was a wash...no process integration to be done.