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Re:Intel outsources Core i3 to TSMC's 5nm process by xattt on Wednesday January 20, 2021 @10:50AM (#25847830)
I thought AMD spun off their own fabs into Global Foundries.
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Re:Intel outsources Core i3 to TSMC's 5nm process by jjoonathan on Wednesday January 20, 2021 @11:05AM (#25848046)
...which they dropped like a used tissue, yes. That was the entire point of the exercise.
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Re:Intel outsources Core i3 to TSMC's 5nm process by lizknope on Wednesday January 20, 2021 @11:25AM (#25848295)
The current high end AMD parts are multi chip modules. The CPU dies are made at TSMC in 7nm but the IO dies that glue multiple CPU dies together is made in the Global Foundries 14nm process.

GF has basically given up on 10nm and smaller nodes.

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Re:Intel outsources Core i3 to TSMC's 5nm process by mook on Wednesday January 20, 2021 @02:39PM (#25850946)
Didn't AMD have contractual obligations to use Global Foundries for their high end chips from when they split, or something along those lines? I guess that turned out really well for them, though, since that might have led to the necessity of chiplet designs.
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Re:Intel outsources Core i3 to TSMC's 5nm process by CameronNemo on Wednesday January 20, 2021 @11:59AM (#25848775)
GF has given up on research and pioneering smaller nodes. Their current process is based on tech they licensed from Samsung. I would not be surprised if they licensed another process from TSMC or Samsung in the future.
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