Brave investors will be getting onto Intel, as there's some massive upside potential here over the rest of the decade, but boy that's a huge gamble. I will say that building out more fabs is likely what Intel needs to do more than anything. They need scale. Even if their nodes aren't as good as promised/expected and they cant charge top price, they still need the ability to procure and satisfy a large number of customers and quantity. Because there's no going back from this. This is a 'failure is not an option' situation. They have to make the foundry business work. They've forced themselves into a 'spend big or go home' strategy.![]()
Intel will have spent over $160,000,000,000 on new fabs, assembly, packaging, testing and R&D facilities by 2030
Big bucks on big projects equals big expectations. No pressure, then.www.pcgamer.com
That's enough money to buy a top end Nvidia graphics card, which is easier said than done.Brave investors will be getting onto Intel, as there's some massive upside potential here over the rest of the decade, but boy that's a huge gamble. I will say that building out more fabs is likely what Intel needs to do more than anything. They need scale. Even if their nodes aren't as good as promised/expected and they cant charge top price, they still need the ability to procure and satisfy a large number of customers and quantity. Because there's no going back from this. This is a 'failure is not an option' situation. They have to make the foundry business work. They've forced themselves into a 'spend big or go home' strategy.
I honestly dont like it. Intel had no reason to be so confident in their execution to go betting the farm like this. I really feel if they wanted to do the foundry business thing, they should have gotten their fabs in order and competitive first, and then started making investments into expansion and external customers.
the company's net revenue totals $12.72 billion
Just a few days ago, three posts above, you posted about early benchmarks. Which quite heavily contradicts the idea that these GPU's are 'nowhere to be seen'.https://wccftech.com/intel-battlemage-xe2-gpus-on-hold-celestial-xe3-gpus-might-delayed-too/
omg, hope it's not true ...
and ? so was the case of Rialto Bridge ... Intel axed a lot of products beforeJust a few days ago, three posts above, you posted about early benchmarks. Which quite heavily contradicts the idea that these GPU's are 'nowhere to be seen'.
There's a difference between saying something has been axed and saying something is 'nowhere to be seen' when it has indeed been seen. That's a problem with leaks like these - they do not really give any context to the information. Which can be understandable in many ways, but it still leaves us kind of out in the fog as to what to make of it.and ? so was the case of Rialto Bridge ... Intel axed a lot of products before
There's a difference between saying something has been axed and saying something is 'nowhere to be seen' when it has indeed been seen. That's a problem with leaks like these - they do not really give any context to the information. Which can be understandable in many ways, but it still leaves us kind of out in the fog as to what to make of it.
yes, that´s why the two "news" are not necessarily in conflictThe early benchmarks were of the iGPU in an upcoming SoCs. The rumor is that the discrete graphics line featuring Battlemage has been delayed/canceled.