... shows they have no plans to get out of the silicon process business ?
Last year TI didn't disclose its intentions to get out of the process development business either until the moment it was announced. Then it fired most of its people working on 32 nm.
BTW, if SOI was even half as good as IBM Micro swears up and down it is then it's curious that IBM and Charted plan to be messing around with bulk at 22 nm. ;^)
re:... shows they have no plans to get out of the silicon process business ?
Is anyone still working in the East Fishkill, NY plant? From what I'm hearing, anyone worth a grain of salt is leaving IBM Microelectronics as soon as they can land a job somehwere else. J