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		sct202 on July 17, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: TSMC plans to halt chip supplies to Huawei in 2 mo... Intel has fabs but they don't make anything except Intel products. They tried a few years ago to set up a contract foundry business, but it didn't work out despite signing some big deals initially (Nokia).

thu2111 on July 17, 2020 [–]

No, but if TSMC was destroyed in a war or captured by the PRC, then suddenly their fabs would be a lot more attractive for contract fab users.

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