Intel Could Announce Decision to Outsource Chip Manufacturing to TSMC in January

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It’s no secret that Intel has fallen far behind in process technology, but the chip giant may be able to claw its way back to glory by employing the services of the world’s premier semiconductor manufacturing giant, TSMC, which has been responsible for churning out its rival AMD’s cutting-edge, 7-nm Ryzen processors.



Echoing comments made to investment analysts by CEO Bob Swan last month, Oregon Live is reporting that Intel is expected to announce a decision on whether it’ll strike a deal with TSMC in January.



While there’s the issue of capacity (the...

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I highly doubt they'll outsource EVERYTHING.

Intels priority is likely to get back on track with their own fabs.

I imagine this is likely a small temporary contract for a few high end desktop and/or low power mobile parts until they get their own process in order, with lower end parts continuing to be made on existing processes.

This would alsa make sense due to TSMC's limited capacity. They can't take on full Intel manufacturing.