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Intel Terminates Tower Semiconductor Acquisition

delong.height said:
No, Intel's goal is to be 2nd, just behind TSMC, and given their roadmap, they could potentially do so if they execute. They can pass all other foundries very easily because Intel 16, Intel 3 and Intel 18A are all leading edge. They should be able to have a higher revenue because of that.
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Intel is the 20th largest wafer foundry in the world.... Foundry is not the same as IDM. and Intel has never been great at competitive costs. . they definitely have the talent and the processes. let see if they can overtake Grace before we talk about overtaking Samsung.
 
Daniel Nenni said:
I don't think it is a problem for Intel. It would have been nice to stuff some foundry business into IFS but Intel needs to get the leading edge process foundry business in order to make a mark. Tower Semiconductor was a "nice to have" not a "must have", my opinion.
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I don't think you got it.

Tower had much to do with Intel's previous chairman, and desire to diversify into more non-x86 chips, and verticalize some specialty process dependent products.

I myself think he wanted Intel to become something like "Avago lite"
 
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