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Re:TSMC Announces Intention to Build and Operate Advanced Se... by wtallis on Thursday May 14, 2020 @11:56PM (#23188745)
GlobalFoundries isn't really "leading"; they got out of that race a while ago and are now focusing all their R&D on niche fabrication technologies that aren't in competition for building CPUs, GPUs, or smartphone SoCs. And you didn't mention Intel, which is the only serious competition to TSMC when it comes to advanced fab technology for those kinds of chips.
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Re:TSMC Announces Intention to Build and Operate Advanced Se... by arcticbull on Friday May 15, 2020 @12:02AM (#23188768)
Yeah, I didn't mention Intel, I know they have fabs domestically but they're also moving to TSMC after 10nm [1] so I figured they were getting out of the game.

Good call-out re: GF.

[1] https://wccftech.com/intel-abandoning-10nm-after-dg1-plannin...

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Re:TSMC Announces Intention to Build and Operate Advanced Se... by wtallis on Friday May 15, 2020 @12:08AM (#23188796)
That's a bullshit rumor from a bullshit site that you're misinterpreting anyways. Intel might plausibly use outside fabs for their new discrete GPU product line, but they are absolutely not getting out of the fab game in any meaningful way. They are capacity-constrained at the moment and don't really have room to make big GPUs in-house without subtracting from their manufacturing capacity for their well-established CPU product line.
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Re:TSMC Announces Intention to Build and Operate Advanced Se... by blahblah12 on Friday May 15, 2020 @12:08AM (#23188797)
That’s definitely not verified. I’ve read that rumor multiple times and each time, it hasn’t happened.
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