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Re:IBM Paying Globalfoundries $1.5B to Take Unit in Retreat ... by frankchn on Monday October 20, 2014 @02:14AM (#8480896)
I believe that list is for fabs who can supply the DoD with custom/proprietary chips (i.e. with business models similar to TSMC or Samsung but for defense related products). Intel has not been in that line of business so there is no point in joining the program.
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Re:IBM Paying Globalfoundries $1.5B to Take Unit in Retreat ... by WallWextra on Monday October 20, 2014 @03:47AM (#8481035)
They did recently announce two fab customers, an FPGA manufacturer and then something else that is also low volume and obscure. So maybe the DoD can make it worth their while.
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Re:IBM Paying Globalfoundries $1.5B to Take Unit in Retreat ... by _delirium on Monday October 20, 2014 @07:58AM (#8481653)
As of mid-2013 they had five fab customers [1]: Achronix, Tabula, Netronome, Microsemi, and Altera.

[1] http://www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/index.ssf/2013/07/i...

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Re:IBM Paying Globalfoundries $1.5B to Take Unit in Retreat ... by DiabloD3 on Monday October 20, 2014 @07:38AM (#8481587)
That one FPGA manufacturer, by the way, WAS started by people associated with the DOD intelligence apparatus. I can't remember the name of the company though, but they're making 22nm FPGAs on Intel's tri-gate process that they introduced with Haswell.
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