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Re:Intel might be too big to fail by bluecalm on Sunday November 03, 2024 @12:24PM (#42034434)
The important strategic part of Intel is the foundry business. You can spin it off. It will keep making CPUs designed by multiple other competent US companies. You can let the rest fail.
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Re:Intel might be too big to fail by hakfoo on Sunday November 03, 2024 @07:27PM (#42037324)
It might in a few years, but fabs aren't really interchangeable widgets.

Their contract-fab business has been a sporadic joke up to now. Until there's an established toolchain and pipeline, and a history of reliable delivery, will there be anyone designing parts to use the Intel fab capacity?

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