> Evidently that failed to impress Intel, which weighed the R&D costs of success in the next generation of chip production against the likelihood of a US government subsidy, and decided that outsourcing was the path of least resistance.
Intel has said that they are considering partial or complete outsourcing if it becomes necessary to stay competitive. That's very different from what the article claims, and anything else would be economic madness. I'm not sure "Intel committed to making sub-standard products by not considering contracting with manufacturers having top-of-line capability if their own developments keep lagging" would be better for Intel and the US economy?
I suspect that for complete outsourcing, they're also going to have trouble finding the capacity.
Similarly,
> Intel, America’s aging national champion in the field, doesn’t have the ambition to compete against the Asians
They certainly have the ambition, it's just not clear if they can.
Intel is making a mockery of reshoring · HackerTrans
> Evidently that failed to impress Intel, which weighed the R&D costs of success in the next generation of chip production against the likelihood of a US government subsidy, and decided that outsourcing was the path of least resistance.
Intel has said that they are considering partial or complete outsourcing if it becomes necessary to stay competitive. That's very different from what the article claims, and anything else would be economic madness. I'm not sure "Intel committed to making sub-standard products by not considering contracting with manufacturers having top-of-line capability if their own developments keep lagging" would be better for Intel and the US economy?
I suspect that for complete outsourcing, they're also going to have trouble finding the capacity.
Similarly,
> Intel, America’s aging national champion in the field, doesn’t have the ambition to compete against the Asians
They certainly have the ambition, it's just not clear if they can.