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		rvba on Jan 20, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Intel outsources Core i3 to TSMC's 5nm process Lots of (cheap) computers bought by those staying at home.

totalZero on Jan 20, 2021 [–]

Even the cheapest retail computers aren't running on processors with 22nm microarchitecture.

The legacy semiconductor demand isn't coming from CPU/GPU for PC, servers, or mobile. It's coming from other applications and industries (automakers especially).

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