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Comment Re:Lip will run Intel into the ground anyway (Score 1) 175

Ironically that's what Trump seems to want. Trump is trying to force TSMC to buy a 49% share of Intel's foundry services. It's obvious he's going after Lip Bu Tan to weaken Intel and make an acquisition cheaper/easier, but in the long run, leaving Tan alone might be the best way to accomplish that goal.

Comment Re:Way to achieve supply chain independence (Score 1) 127

10 years? Nah, Intel 3 is a pretty solid node and it's competitive with N5-family nodes from only a few years ago. 18A is looking to be a dumpster fire, though. And Intel 3 was too late to market (and the products released on it were too few and too far behind their competition, e.g. Intel 3 suffered from a lack of compelling designs to really sell it to foundry customers).

Comment Re:This seems exceptionally stupid... (Score 1) 127

Intel is moribund. Any industry analyst could tell you that. They can't compete with TSMC. Trump (and Biden, and most Washington politicians) have been told by numerous advisors that America needs access to cutting-edge semiconductors. Since TSMC seems to be the only fab left on the bleeding edge, in Trump land, the smart thing to do is force TSMC to buy Intel (or at least their foundry business) and use it to produce TSMC nodes state-side. Which is something TSMC has signaled that the do NOT want to do.

It's a weird plan, but then it's probably no more idiotic than Biden's plan, which was to heap largess on Intel as a reward for their failures.

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