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Intel’s strategy for outflanking Arm takes shape with bet on RISC-V

Enlarge (credit: ony Avelar/Bloomberg ) Many of Intel’s current woes can be traced to the fact that the company was left out of the iPhone. Whether Intel passed on the opportunity or couldn’t meet the spec is by now a moot point, but missing out on the particular smartphone revolution—and its billions of chips—played no […]

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Here’s why TSMC and Intel keep building foundries in the Arizona desert

Enlarge / In 2020, Intel partnered with the National Forest Foundation in Phase III of a project replacing invasive Arundo and Tamarix weed species with native flora and revegetating burned-off areas. This phase of the project aims to restore 79 million gallons of fresh water per year. (credit: Intel) Two of the world’s leading chip […]