There are always debates on who does what best in the semiconductor industry, but most agree that Intel is the best in process and transistor technology. This leadership has served the company extremely well over the last few decades and allowed them to reach a position of dominance in the PC and server semiconductor markets. In order to build such a leadership position, Intel has repeatedly invested billions in true R&D (with a focus on “R”) to invent the next big transistor and to reach the next big process node. In addition to those investments, Intel has to spend billions of dollars building new fabs to accommodate these new process nodes and technology. This investment not only serves their own designs but since 2010 for foundry customers.

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