Intel cutting cutting-edge node funds would mean no more Moore's Law

theregister.com

4 pointsrntn3 comments

>Lip-Bu Tan has warned that he may pull investment from Intel's leading-edge 14A semiconductor process node unless "a meaningful external customer" can guarantee profits.

This immediately sounds "chicken and egg". Frankly it doesn't sound to me like a big customer is going to commit to capacity for a process that isn't even developed yet, by a company that has changed its development path multiple times over the next few years and is shedding parts as fast as possible to stave off insolvency...

Could very well be his intention. Justifies killing it without admitting to it as a failure of Intel, instead it's a product without a buyer. No reason to keep it.

They could have developed a next gen cutting edge node in time but they just decided against it because it was not cool anymore. Instead they decide to do... what exactly? Milk the aging x86 cow with inferior architecture using the same fab as all your competitors? I guess it makes sense to slim intel down now into a company that can be acquired easily.

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