Live off the Supply Chain
As Samsung demonstrate year in, year out you can make a good living just ‘being the supply chain’… which is good baseload for your business, drives economies of scale, has some bitter irony for companies like Apple needing to use them. It’s also good if your own products have a lean year or an unforeseen hiccup - Note 7 debacle comes to mind.
I think it’s an impossible task for Intel however as they can barely fab the leading edge for themselves. Culturally and practicality.