Intel would be "thrilled" to make AMD CPUs in its fabs - CEO Confirms

[WYP]

Intel wants to make the best CPUs and GPUs in its fabs, even if they aren't their own designs.



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[NeverBackDown]

Insider knowledge on their designs seems more like it

 

[dazbobaby]

Insider knowledge on their designs seems more like it

Intel will have scanned, stripped, and electron micro-scoped AMD CPU's and will know exactly what makes them tick.


After all, intel are/were forced to share their IP with I think Cyrix and AMD, and possibly others back in the day.


Also just ask China if copying a design is so easy.

 

[Piskeante]

Intel will have scanned, stripped, and electron micro-scoped AMD CPU's and will know exactly what makes them tick.


After all, intel are/were forced to share their IP with I think Cyrix and AMD, and possibly others back in the day.


Also just ask China if copying a design is so easy.

Exactly , reverse engineering has been a thing for decades. Every one buys others products and inspect it thoroughly.

Intel already knows AMD products to the detail, and the other way round.

 

[AngryGoldfish]

This should actually benefit us consumers. We've seen how when TSMC dominates, it can cause issues with release schedules, prices, and availability. As much as Samsung's 8nm kinda sucked in comparison to TSMC's 7nm, it was affordable and readily available. I think Nvidia are glad they went that route, because it allowed them to make vast quantities of cards and sell them all to miners. Now that Intel are largely over their fabrication woes (at least from what I understand), using them as a fab plant in the way that Apple, Nvidia, AMD, etc use TSMC and Samsung, I think that would help alleviate some of the issues currently facing chip manufacturing and distribution.

 

[AlienALX]

Insider knowledge on their designs seems more like it

Oh they would have gotten that ages ago when Keller went over.