-Losing billions on fabs just to outsource latest client CPU (Lunar Lake) chips to be made in TSMC N3B and be the 2nd N3 TSMC customer just behind apple.
https://videocardz.com/newz/intel-core-ultra-200v-lunar-lake-enters-production-at-tsmc
Hoping its competitors like AMD,NVDA to use intel fabs despite outsourcing its own AI gaudi and GPU chips to be made in TSMC.
-Having 131000 employees which is nearly same as TSMC+NVDA+AMD combined and not having any advantage against any one of them (Nvda,Amd each has around 20k-30k employees,Tsmc 76k)
https://jobs.intel.com/en/locations
-Plan to build a new 25Bn fab in Dec,23 (20km from gaza btw) 2 months after the war started in Israel just to cancel it 6 months later.
https://www.theregister.com/AMP/2024/06/10/intel_israeli_fab/
Also the endless delays in other fabs…
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