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Because fabs are about the most complex cutting edge technology out there: the "rocket science" of our day (or one of them). And merely having the money is not
by nicoburns 5mo ago
Because fabs are about the most complex cutting edge technology out there: the "rocket science" of our day (or one of them). And merely having the money is not sufficient. It would be very easy to blow several billion dollars and end up with nothing to show for it.
Just look at how Intel has struggled to compete in recent years, and they have been in the business for decades.
- tjwebbnorfolk 5mo agoIntel struggled because they bet the company that Moore's law was over back in ~2014, and instead of upgrading their fabs to EUV they sent the money back to shareholders. They forgot Moore's main lesson: only the paranoid survive. They thought they could coast, and it nearly killed them.
- aleph_minus_one 5mo ago> They forgot Moore's main lesson: only the paranoid survive. "Only the Paranoid Survive" is rather a quote and book title by Andrew S. Grove.
- tjwebbnorfolk 5mo agoYes you're right, my mistake. Andy Grove, former CEO of Intel as opposed to Moore.
- xadhominemx 5mo agoThat is not even close to correct.
- tjwebbnorfolk 5mo agoI'm very interested to hear what exactly I said was incorrect.
- xadhominemx 5mo agoIntel made bad engineering decisions. There was not under-investment in fabs or R&D.
- tjwebbnorfolk 5mo agoYes, their primary "bad" decision was to try to squeeze as much as possible out of DUV so that they didn't have to spend a ton of money upgrading to EUV. This was a business decision, not an engineering decision.