Tuesday, October 30th 2018
Intel to Outsource Entry-level CPU and Chipset Fabrication to TSMC
Intel is facing a manufacturing crisis, in which demand has far outstripped supply, and the company is firing up all its silicon fabrication facilities to manufacture 14 nm products, mainly processors under the Core and Xeon brands. We've been hearing reports since early-September of Intel seeking out third-party foundries such as TSMC to manufacture its chipsets. We now get confirmation that TSMC will also manufacture entry-level Intel processors under brands such as Atom, Celeron, and Pentium Silver SoCs, leaving the company's socketed processors to Intel's fabs. DigiTimes does not name the third-party foundry as TSMC, but mentions that the only company that meets Intel's requirements at the moment is TSMC.
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DigiTimes
13 Comments on Intel to Outsource Entry-level CPU and Chipset Fabrication to TSMC
If this isn't the end of times I dunno what is :laugh:
Intel finally did the unthinkable :wtf:
Think about air pollution in a lot of Chinese cities and regions.
That will ensure high tech purchase rates - including PCs.
That combination leaves their cities a polluted mess. No city is perfect by any means but Chinese cities are noticeably filthier.
I suppose I wouldn't be really interested in going out either, all things considered, unless I had a gas mask. And then I would worry about pollution sticking to my body and clothes.
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