Intel fell behind TSMC around ten years ago and the resulting malaise—still not fixed—almost put them out of business. So yes, they needed a bailout and got one.

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melling 4 days ago | parent [-]

TSMC is now a monopoly with over 500 customers. It’s more than a money problem

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Hikikomori 4 days ago | parent | next [-]

Intel really never had big external customers and the ones that tried also failed, like LG.

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melling 3 days ago | parent [-]

Yes, but without external customers to pay for the newer advanced fabs, Intel can no longer afford to invest in fabs.

	▲	Hikikomori 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		Agreed. Their problem is both, struggles with new EUV fab and don't have the org capable of working with customers.

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iszomer 3 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Not an American monopoly though.

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melling 2 days ago | parent [-]

ASML is also a monopoly that’s not American.

You must be missing something.

	▲	iszomer 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		Typical story of the one of many products of globalism where the standard traditional definition of monopoly has been nullified by it's massive supply chain spanning countries.