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Re:Intel Unleashed, Gelsinger on Intel, IDM 2.0 by cogman10 on Wednesday March 24, 2021 @01:46PM (#26570579)
> Seems like the biggest news here is Intel committing strongly to its fab business. Walling that division off from Intel's own chip design business is critical to giving it a chance to succeed. Having a third fab with competitive tech (along with TSMC and Samsung) is great for the world!

Yes and no. This is also a possible signal that Intel is getting ready to go fabless. AMD made similar moves with Globalfoundries before parting ways.

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Re:Intel Unleashed, Gelsinger on Intel, IDM 2.0 by sremani on Wednesday March 24, 2021 @02:01PM (#26570789)
For the foreseeable future owning Fabs is fastest way to be subsidized by American tax payer.

Intel may make it modular, but Intel will still own those fabs. I do not see them spinning fabs as separate business at least for the decade of 20s.

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Re:Intel Unleashed, Gelsinger on Intel, IDM 2.0 by davedx on Wednesday March 24, 2021 @03:24PM (#26571814)
Intel already signalled that under their last CEO. Then they signalled something else. Now there's a "best keynote ever" with their latest signalling....
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Re:Intel Unleashed, Gelsinger on Intel, IDM 2.0 by UncleOxidant on Wednesday March 24, 2021 @02:04PM (#26570823)
Going fabless by building new fabs?
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