Intel Corp (INTC)

[SemiconEng]

A deal that makes a lot of sense would have Intel fab stuff for nVidia -- Intel has the capacity. But that will never happen because of Intel's false pride.


Or maybe, there are dozens of technical reasons, like mismatch of the tools, different use of chemicals, completly different manufaturing procedures, incompatability of the processes, the cost of changing into a second source manufacturer, or maybe just that intel does not desire to share it's proprietary process information with outside sources....? and that's what I came up with off the top of my head.

So, I'm SURE that you have already completed the cost/benefit analysis of all those factors, since apparently the big reason for not doing it that comes first to your mind is "false pride". Please let us know what the breakdown of this cost benefit analysis is, beyond the "capacity" validation that you state. Otherwise, just a suggestion, but do you think perhaps that some additional instruction for yourself, on what it really takes to start up a manufacturing process for semiconductors, might be in order?