“A Bit Rude”: Intel Had to Pay 40% More to TSMC for Printing New Chips After CEO Insulted Taiwan

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TSMC, the world's most valuable semiconductor company, was planning to offer Intel a generous discount as part of its chip-printing deal for new 3-nanometer processors—a whopping 40%, to be exact—but TSMC ended up retracting the offer after Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger called out Taiwan, telling people that the island, among other things, was not "a stable place," according to a new report.

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Yep, if this is true, I'm pretty sure that PG could ricochet a bullet off a building from a hundred yards out for a bullseye on one of his toes. I keep hoping that Intel is going to bounce back but I'm starting to think there may be other changes needed to make that happen.
 
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