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> Not buy TSMC made chips? Obviously that is impossible

Why do you think that? Trump clearly wants them to use Intel's 18A which is likely similar to TSMC 2 year old N3P, which is not an impossible option.

The same 18A that their CEO is axing?

18A is not getting axed, they'll use it.

That's 14A, not 18A, and it's not being axed, but questioned in what appears to be a game of chicken.

Sounds like they are axing 18A for external customers, which is what Intel needs to be an alternative to TSMC:

>Tan's overall strategy for Intel remains nascent...Shifting away from selling 18A to foundry customers would represent one of his biggest moves yet.

Them? Nvidia and AMD? RTX 7xxx would then be based on an old Intel process? Would buy these?

I would buy that if I could get it in 30% lower price.

Just buy hardware that's a few years old and you'll basically get the same thing.

All of Apple’s stuff?

even if Intel’s processes worked just as well, there’s no way they have the capacity to take over for all that stuff.

We’d be back in a huge shortage.