As a global chip overlord, I don't know whether Intel's chip process can't catch up with TSMC, Samsung's pace feels pressured, or because its chip factory project is not smooth enough, so the head of the US chip giant has frequently appeared "crazy talk" recently.
From June to December, Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger more than once choked on the U.S. $52 billion in chip subsidies that were not in place. In addition, for the United States to divide the subsidies for TSMC, Intel immediately "connotation" the US government is "elbow out", just want to prevent TSMC from obtaining chip factory subsidies.
In a previous interview with the British media, Intel also pointed out that Asia's proportion of the global chip foundry market is too high, which is very unsatisfactory. In short, I don't know if Intel itself can be aware of it, but the outside world feels that Intel is "inferior to people" in the chip manufacturing sector, so it has repeatedly expressed the dissatisfaction of Samsung and TSMC (the only 2 companies in the world that can manufacture 5nm chips) in public, and the jealousy is overflowing.
Just lagging behind in technology, Intel has been traversing the global chip market for many years, and suddenly found that countries are no longer enthusiastic about it, but more hope to reach cooperation with Samsung and TSMC, and it is estimated that they will not be able to sit still. From 2020 to the present, the United States, the European Union, and Japan have all urged TSMC to build factories in the local area, and at present, TSMC's factories in the United States and Japan are nailed down, and the EU has yet to be further news.
Seeing that TSMC is sought after by all countries, Intel itself has excitedly announced its investment plans in the United States and the European Union, intending to build new factories. The subtlety is that TSMC is a country scrambling to invite over, but also gave a promise of subsidies to build a factory, Intel, countries are happy about its arrival, but there is a hint of uninvited meaning.
According to Intel's intentions, they will invest more than $100 billion in each new plant. However, the grand plan of building a new factory is well known, and whether Intel can hold it is another matter. On December 17, local time, Intel publicly stated that it had planned to select the location of the new factory before the end of 2021, and decided to postpone the announcement time to 2022.
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