The Register
Intel will explore manufacturing some chips in India’s first fab after forming an alliance with Indian mega-corp Tata.
The two companies announced the alliance yesterday.
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As is often the case with these things, the language used was vague and included no firm commitments. The notable elements of the alliance are:
It’s hard to see how Tata’s first fab matters to Intel, because it will mostly build logic chips using manufacturing processes that aren’t suitable for creating Chipzilla’s flagship server and PC processors. Tata is also yet to send a single chip out the door, so is an unproven player
The Register believes Intel is more interested in Tata’s OSAT facilities. Intel already outsources some chip packaging to Sout
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