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GlobalFoundries are nowhere near the leading edge on node process, and Intel have opened up their foundries to customers since Pat's return with the advent of I
by Aromasin 3y ago
GlobalFoundries are nowhere near the leading edge on node process, and Intel have opened up their foundries to customers since Pat's return with the advent of IFS: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/foundry/overview.html https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/foundry/overview.htm...
- zachbee 3y ago100% right. GF is no longer gunning for leading-edge nodes. They've made their niche in mature nodes for low-power chips and emerging memories (FeFETS, MRAM, RRAM, etc). If you want to get leading edge nodes on American soil, Intel is the best bet.
- BeetleB 3y agoCorrection: Intel has had a Foundry business since 2010 or 2011. Then CEO Paul Otellini pushed hard for it, but had a lot of opposition internally. It then languished after he left until Pat took over. It never died. It was always there. Pat's just fulfilling the vision Paul had.
- Aromasin 3y agoYou're right on that one, I perhaps should have more accurately said: "Revive". I will say though that the scope of Paul's vision for an Intel foundry didn't shine a light against IFS. There wasn't the same push for increased capacity. More so excess capacity would be given to select customers, and they might maybe increase capacity for big customers like Apple (who were with Samsung at the time rather than TSMC). Some context from 2013 when they tried their hand at it: https://www.extremetech.com/computing/150217-intel-pumps-up-its-foundry-business-might-snatch-apples-soc-business-away-from-samsung https://www.extremetech.com/computing/150217-intel-pumps-up-... It's funny as a side note that their big foundry announcement at the time was making chips for Altera before the merger, and now Altera is parting ways with Intel after 8 years. Time flies.