Reply to post: Re: Single point of failure

Chip fab Intel said to be using better chip fab TSMC to make 5nm Core i3 processors, 20% of its non-CPU parts

imanidiot Silver badge

Re: Single point of failure

" Until the Chinese have enough IP for their own fabs…"

It'll be a long while before China can catch up to even the mid-line photolitho systems of ASML, Canon or Nikon. There's a scary amount of technology working together in a photolitho scanner to the point where they might just be the most complicated machines on earth.

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