[blam]

"Wow. Making chips is hard. You need to have hundreds of the best minds in the world and billions of dollars in capital investments to compete, but now that TSMC has it figured out they can print money."

I'll say:

TSMC Claims Breakthrough On 1NM Chip Production

TSMC in collaboration with the National Taiwan University (NTU) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have made a significant breakthrough in the development of 1-nanometer chips. The joint announcement comes after IBM earlier this month published news of their 2-nanometer chip development. The researchers found that the use of semi-metal bismuth (Bi) as contact electrodes for the 2D matrix can greatly reduce resistance and increase current. This discovery was first made by the MIT team before then being further refined by TSMC and NTU which will increase energy efficiency and performance in future processors. The 1-nanometer node won't be deployed for several years with TSMC planning to start 3-nanometer production in H2 2022.

I've heard that Intel is still struggling with their 7 NM process.

[Mariner]

“I’ve heard that Intel is still struggling with their 7 NM process. “

They were working to develop manufacturing processes for 3nm...3 years ago when I was there.

Though they are struggling with focus. From VR to Smart, self driving cars with BMW, they don’t know who the hell they are anymore.

The bulk of their revenues come from the very high-end stuff, and they keep dabbling in commodity or fashion.