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Intel’s chances of being a foundry for others are close to 0. It does not matter how good their process technology is. The problem is that Intel was an IP thief
by ryao 1y ago
Intel’s chances of being a foundry for others are close to 0. It does not matter how good their process technology is. The problem is that Intel was an IP thief in the 80s and 90s; being a foundry requires trusting Intel with the exact IP Intel was known for stealing and nobody wants to take the risk.
- gond 1y agoNever heard of that one. Could you provide sources for the argument?
- ryao 1y agoThere were lawsuits against Intel for IP theft in the news 25+ years ago. It is hard to find articles on them these days as web searches are biased toward recent events, but I was able to find this: https://www.nytimes.com/1997/05/14/business/suit-by-digital-says-intel-stole-pentium-design.html https://www.nytimes.com/1997/05/14/business/suit-by-digital-... There were much more discussion of Intel stealing things in the 90s than today.