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Re:Re-examining the chip Shortage: Legacy node decommissions by 11thEarlOfMar on Sunday April 09, 2023 @12:42PM (#35504307)
Infineon, TI and ST all own and operate fabs all over the world.

Fabless means you design chips, but you don't have your own fab (fabrication facitlity). TSMC is a foundry and and fabs chips for fabless companies like NVIDIA and Xilinx.

It's explained in detail in my linked comment.

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Re:Re-examining the chip Shortage: Legacy node decommissions by jontrossbach on Sunday April 09, 2023 @12:52PM (#35504381)
That linked comment sounds a bit confused. Infineon, TI, and ST do not have lithography machine capacity to make all chips on their own at scale. However it is possible they do package their chips into components at their own Fabs.

This Bloomberg article might help clarify your understanding. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-01-12/tsmc-chie...

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