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The interesting question is whether Intel is going to sell fab capacity to third parties. Given the umpteen billions they have invested in semiconductor fabric
by ableal 14y ago
The interesting question is whether Intel is going to sell fab capacity to third parties.
Given the umpteen billions they have invested in semiconductor fabrication plants, and the lack of sales of their own chips ...
- SkyMarshal 14y agoAnd their lead in process technology. I would think that alone would drive some demand from third parties wanting to one-up their competition in a way that can't (easily) be countered.
- caw 14y agoThey already started doing it: http://arstechnica.com/business/2010/11/intel-shifts-strategy-sells-22nm-fab-capacity/ http://arstechnica.com/business/2010/11/intel-shifts-strateg...
- ableal 14y agoGood catch, I missed that. Probably still some way off from having PDKs (physical design kits) and a pricing sheet for Nvidia or other random fabless design shops to make their chips.