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The problem with Intel is that they have been missing important deadlines by massive amounts of time. Their 10nm node was slated to arrive almost 5 years ago. It is still far from mature.

TSMC is readying serial production of 5nm (equivalent to Intel 7nm) this year.

I wouldn't plan on seeing a 7nm product from Intel in any volume until 2024, and I wouldn't place money on that as a bet.

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Intel has been hollowed out by contractors and H1B workers. I don't think the raw talent is there anymore. The company is just running on inertia.

AdoreTV has a video on the topic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agxSclh27uo

In addition, many years of using stack ranking to fire 10% or sometimes more of its employees each year, which we know from other examples like Microsoft catastrophically damages a company in many ways, including loss of many of your best employees.

So? They have a runway, yes, but it's a freakin long one. They have a massive warchest and a crapload of market share that isn't going to go away overnight.

Id put money on them already having a new operation crush well underway by this point.

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