Intel doesn't need to convince anyone. The US government sees too much reliance on TSMC and Samsung as a national security issue. Even auto manufacture is being slow by the lack of chips.
Schumer is going to get money for GF and Intel just announced a $20B investment in new fabs in AZ.
Gelsinger claims Intel has solved it's issues at 7nm, which IC Knowledge LLC claims is comparable to a TSMC 4.1nm process. Intel made a mistake when they let TSMC claim process superiority with marketing propaganda.
TSMC cheated when they first implemented finFETs. They changed base layers, but left metal dimensions the same, so they got device improvement with virtually no density improvement. Intel doesn't play those games. TSMC doesn't care as much about yield or density because they pass those costs on to their customers. They just need to look competitive to Samsung and Intel even if it's just marketing hype.
Schumer is going to get money for GF and Intel just announced a $20B investment in new fabs in AZ.
Gelsinger claims Intel has solved it's issues at 7nm, which IC Knowledge LLC claims is comparable to a TSMC 4.1nm process. Intel made a mistake when they let TSMC claim process superiority with marketing propaganda.
TSMC cheated when they first implemented finFETs. They changed base layers, but left metal dimensions the same, so they got device improvement with virtually no density improvement. Intel doesn't play those games. TSMC doesn't care as much about yield or density because they pass those costs on to their customers. They just need to look competitive to Samsung and Intel even if it's just marketing hype.
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