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Re:Intel expands Oregon Fab building; 18A Node now 2024 by ac29 on Sunday August 07, 2022 @03:26PM (#32379068)
> we don’t even have the capability to fabricate at the most advanced nodes.

I'm not sure that's entirely true. If we define "most advanced nodes" as 5nm-class fabrication, certainly Intel is doing that well now, just not in volume production. Intel 4 based Meteor Lake powered on and runs Windows as of earlier this year.

No capability to build and not ready for volume manufacturing aren't really the same class of problem.

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Re:Intel expands Oregon Fab building; 18A Node now 2024 by Cyph0n on Sunday August 07, 2022 @07:03PM (#32380793)
So Intel is 2 years behind volume production of 5nm by TSMC and Samsung. To me, that sounds like a significant delay in capability.

Anyways, I think the CHIPS Act was the right move at the right time. SMIC is quickly catching up thanks to near unlimited funding from the Chinese government. We need to play the same game if we ever want to catch up to TSMC.

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