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It seems like they're asking the wrong company to take a stake in Intel. It would make more sense to try to get companies like Apple & Nvidia to take stakes in
by UncleOxidant 1y ago
It seems like they're asking the wrong company to take a stake in Intel. It would make more sense to try to get companies like Apple & Nvidia to take stakes in Nvidia - US based companies that need the product that Intel can supply.
- downrightmike 1y agoHonestly AMD makes the most sense, given they sold off the foundry stuff years ago, which is the part of the process Intel will be doing next. The board brought on a chop shop guy, you don't do that when there is a future, and TSMC would be smart to wait Intel out and pick it up cheap. The USA wouldn't last a month without TSMC chips, Tim Apple wouldn't let that happen. There is no way this demand has any teeth
- nicman23 1y agomore sense for TSMC not for the US lol
- UncleOxidant 1y agoI don't think AMD has enough cash to do that kind of deal. Nvidia and/or Apple certainly do.
- ipnon 1y agoIt’s a security deal. They are asking the Taiwan government to trade cutting edge semiconductor manufacturing for defense against invasion. You might call it a racket in other contexts. TSMC is already considered national security infrastructure under Taiwanese law.
- aorloff 1y agoApple or Nvidia could easily buy Intel. I would be surprised if either had not looked at it seriously (for patents alone). Apparently they don't need that kind of headache.