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To: Zathras
10 Biggest Semiconductor Companies
As of July 2020.
8 posted on 07/11/2021 3:38:54 PM PDT by blam
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To: blam

One error in that link.
Quacomm doesn’t have a fab.
They primarily use TSMC as does Apple.

Micron has a big operation in mostly Idaho but its almost exclusively memory.
Operations in South Korea have taken much of Micron’s business.
TI has been around for a long time but other than a few good years, has never captured a unique design and got prosperous from it.

IBM and Digital Equipment used to have fabs designing chips for internal use only but it became too big of a drag on their bottom line.
IBM sold their fab to Global Foundry and Digital “sold” it to Intel and then Intel quickly closed it.

I think the current cost to build a fast 5nm fab is close to $4B and you need to keep it busy 24-7 with high yields to make a profit on it
So far, only TSMC is making a profit on 5nm.


20 posted on 07/11/2021 7:41:01 PM PDT by Zathras
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