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> Bleeding edge processes is what Intel specializes in. Unlike Apple, they don’t need TSMC.

Intel literally outsourced their Arrow Lake manufacturing to TSMC because they couldn't fabricate the parts themselves - their 20A (2nm) process node never reached a production-ready state, and was eventually cancelled about a month ago.

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OK, so the question becomes: TSMC could do it. Why can’t Intel?

They are trying … for like 10 years

Intel is maybe a year or two behind TSMC right now. They might or might not catch up since it is a moving target, but I dont think there is anything TSMC is doing today that Intel wont be doing in the near future.

Wasn't it cancelled in favor of 18A?

It was, but that only puts them further away from shipping product.

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