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> Outside of Intel, pretty much everyone else uses TSMC to build their computing chips. this isn’t correct. UMC, SMIC and TI have more than 10 fabs each. Nan
by kmlx 3y ago
> Outside of Intel, pretty much everyone else uses TSMC to build their computing chips.
this isn’t correct.
UMC, SMIC and TI have more than 10 fabs each.
Nanya 3 fabs.
Micron > 10 fabs.
Intel > 10 fabs.
Tower Semiconductor 7 fabs.
Rohm > 10 fabs.
Fuji 4 fabs.
Fujitsu 5 fabs.
Kioxia 10 fabs.
Renesas 9 fabs.
and the list goes on and on.
- mschuster91 3y agoMost of these are very large node sizes though [1]. In ultra-small node sizes for processors, there is basically only Intel, Samsung, Globalfoundries (ex AMD) and TSMC. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_semiconductor_fabrication_plants https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_semiconductor_fabricat...
- adgjlsfhk1 3y agoexcept that GF isn't leading edge any more. Their smallest node is (I think) 12nm which is about 8 years behind.