• Mrkawfee@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    The article says they’re instead putting their resources into manufacturing the 18A node process to save costs. Doesn’t sound like TSMC is a permanent solution.

    • Alphane Moon@lemmy.worldOP
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      3 months ago

      That would not be a good thing. The CPU/GPU design and semiconductor fab industries are already massively concentrated.

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        3 months ago

        Agreed, It wouldn’t be a good thing. However it’s their own failures and mismanagement that are causing it.

        • Alphane Moon@lemmy.worldOP
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          3 months ago

          That’s definitely true.

          The rested on their lawrels when they were the only game in town from the late 2000s to ~2018.

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            3 months ago

            True, but the important thing is that the CEOs made an unimaginable amount of money /s