"If there is no incumbent in these segments, we figure, why not try it ourselves?" It's a good idea not to compete with your customers, and Intel honors the rule in not manufacturing Intel-branded PCs.
"If there is no incumbent in these segments, we figure, why not try them ourselves?" It's a good idea not to compete with your customers, and Intel honors the rule by not manufacturing Intel-branded PCs.
Intel has hammered AMD over the past year with a new processor design and a new manufacturing process that allows Intel to pack more power into smaller, more efficient processors.
It is the first new manufacturing site chosen by Intel in 15 years.
Nicholas is undaunted, however, and says that the company can use its talented workforce, which he called "the cream of manufacturing engineers," to outdo even Intel on cost.
In the past two years VIA Technologies, a Taipei-based design house that uses TSMC for most of its manufacturing, has grabbed customers from Intel with high-quality but inexpensive chipsets that help microprocessors talk to other parts of a pc.
Mike Mayberry, vice-president of Intel's research and manufacturing group, points out that Arthur Rock, one of Intel's early venture capital investors, came up with Rock's law – the cost of a chip fabrication plant doubles every four years.
Craig R. Barrett Chief Executive and President Intel I think the manufacturing sector of the economy is in a state of shock.
Even making the chips proved more costly than expected as Intel had to rejigger manufacturing processes.
Intel, despite its vast manufacturing clout, has been unable to meet demand for its chips and has paid a price for it.
