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Context is everything.
Detailed stories on technology startups, business and economic current affairs.
Detailed stories on technology startups, business and economic current affairs.
A decade ago, Intel was worth $118 billion, $40 billion more than Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Nvidia and Advanced Micro Devices Inc. Combined.
Today, Intel is up to nearly $220 billion. However, the others total up to $1.1 trillion.
What changed?
A lot actually, and I wrote about it in March when Intel unveiled its ambitious IDM 2.0 plan—a throwback to Intel’s model as an integrated device manufacturer. The plan involved more outsourcing to the company’s chip-manufacturing rivals, including TSMC and Samsung, over the next couple of years as well as setting up a standalone foundry business (the foundry …
