Intel outsources Core i3 to TSMC's 5nm process

Re:Intel outsources Core i3 to TSMC's 5nm process by vittore on Wednesday January 20, 2021 @02:08PM (#25850523)

Isn't AMD even bigger client of TSMC 5nm facilities than Apple?

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Re:Intel outsources Core i3 to TSMC's 5nm process by zamadatix on Wednesday January 20, 2021 @03:04PM (#25851235)

Apple booked 80% of TSMC 5nm for 2021. AMD hasn't even started making 5nm CPUs this year while Apple has been shipping them to consumers since September of last year.

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Re:Intel outsources Core i3 to TSMC's 5nm process by jjoonathan on Wednesday January 20, 2021 @02:34PM (#25850880)

I don't know about volume, but Apple sure has more margin.

Outsourcing fabrication doesn't guarantee that you can choose the best fab, it just guarantees that you get to compete with Apple (and NVidia and, now, Intel) in a contest of "who can pay the most per chip."

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Re:Intel outsources Core i3 to TSMC's 5nm process by Symmetry on Wednesday January 20, 2021 @03:05PM (#25851243)

Currently AMD is only buying 7nm. It should have 5nm products this year but I'd be very surprised if it could match Apple's volume.

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Re:Intel outsources Core i3 to TSMC's 5nm process by jagger27 on Wednesday January 20, 2021 @07:49PM (#25853934)

They'll probably shift to 6nm (7nm++, basically) next.

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Re:Intel outsources Core i3 to TSMC's 5nm process by zamadatix on Thursday January 21, 2021 @08:08PM (#25866958)

No need to speculate, AMD has said and released slides showing they plan on shifting to 5 nm next. They've also booked some of the production.

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