one waffer for less than a 100 waffers tapeout will cost at around 9k if we talk about 14nm.
it is very likely that they were actually making losses
it is very likely that they were actually making losses
I too suspect this was not a profit-in-the-now division. They were probably playing a long-term game. I think they ceded the game to someone else .. but who?
~550/580