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Sounds like you have all this backwards. If the rumours are true, it's TSMC with all the power in this situation, not Intel. TSMC selling their services to the highest bidder because they have the best tech is the free market at work. It's the opposite of anti-competitive. Intel is the one going to pay up (to TSMC) for their mistakes. Incidentally, AMD outsourcing its fab came with inherent risks, one of which is this.


> it's TSMC with all the power in this situation, not Intel. TSMC selling their services to the highest bidder

That's Intel's legacy at work. They got the cash (but nothing else) to do this. So Intel _is playing its market position.

Of course TSMC is the real winner, but in AMD vs Intel, they are just another resource.




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