AMD, Nvidia Reportedly Tripped Up On Process Shrinks

itwbennett writes: In the fierce battle between CPU and GPU vendors, it's not just about speeds and feeds but also about process shrinks. Both Nvidia and AMD have had their move to 16nm and 20nm designs, respectively, hampered by the limited capacity of both nodes at manufacturer TSMC, according to the enthusiast site WCCFTech.com. While AMD's CPUs are produced by GlobalFoundaries, its GPUs are made at TSMC, as are Nvidia's chips. The problem is that TSMC only has so much capacity and Apple and Samsung have sucked up all that capacity. The only other manufacturer with 14nm capacity is Intel and there's no way Intel will sell them some capacity.

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Re:bean counters ruin another company

[gstoddart]

You attribute far more long-term thinking to the idiots who run companies than I do.

And are you really saying that if I really wanted to destroy large US companies all I'd have to do is to bomb factories in China? Or sow dissent? Or cut off their electrical supply?

Because that sounds like something out of a Bond film.

Hell, build your own fabrication plant and then bomb the ones who build for your competitor; instant monopoly. :-P