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tgtweakyesterday at 5:18 PM2 repliesview on HN

If Intel decides they're not going to continue foundry services after 14A - you can just shift back to TSMC like everyone did between Samsung and TSMC?


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variagayesterday at 8:23 PM

"Just shift back" is really underestimating how much effort it takes to port a design to a different foundry. Sure, you can target a new stdcell library and recompile your RTL (and re-floorplan, and re-do a bunch of other stuff) but you also have to swap out all your memories and interfaces, not all of which may have exact equivalents... it can easily take 1+ years of work for a competent team, and if you have to shift back all that time and effort was wasted.

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SteveNutsyesterday at 6:00 PM

And just hope they have any capacity to deliver? That's what I'd worry about, especially right now.