> Since when is competition and choice a bad thing?
Who is saying this? There is competition, and Intel is starting to lose.
> If you're a chip design firm and you have a 8-month backlog to get your masks made at TSMC, what do you do then?
Wait 8 months. This is a lot better than getting a "Lol, we don't do custom masks" from Intel.
> Intel should spin off its Fab division as a separate company, hire some top executives to rejuvinate the workforce, make it the coolest Fab company in the world to work for and leap ahead.
Yes, they absolutely should do that. The only question is if they have the guts to do it.
Who is saying this? There is competition, and Intel is starting to lose.
> If you're a chip design firm and you have a 8-month backlog to get your masks made at TSMC, what do you do then?
Wait 8 months. This is a lot better than getting a "Lol, we don't do custom masks" from Intel.
> Intel should spin off its Fab division as a separate company, hire some top executives to rejuvinate the workforce, make it the coolest Fab company in the world to work for and leap ahead.
Yes, they absolutely should do that. The only question is if they have the guts to do it.