Why didnt the USGov/US military force their suppliers (Boeing, Lockheed, etc.) to buy from Intel? That would create some demand for 18A or 14A.

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aspenmayer 4 days ago | parent | next [-]

Maybe those are cost-plus contracts, so they would be able to claim hardship and incompatibility and send you a bill for even considering it, with an attached estimate for compliance at 10-1000x the last quote.

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trenchpilgrim 4 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I don't think Intel makes anything suitable for their products...

	▲	mrheosuper 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		Intel has FPGA, which is used a lot in their products

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wmf 4 days ago | parent | prev [-]

They are sort of doing this under the Secure Enclave program. "National security" chips will be fabbed by Intel.