Path: ...!news.mixmin.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Bill Sloman Newsgroups: sci.electronics.design Subject: Re: Intel Altera Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2024 13:58:47 +1100 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 21 Message-ID: References: <3pkpuit8b4jn6b92ef5u9ti728ctsfsonm@4ax.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2024 02:58:52 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="a6ba350c11de1329360bc27aa7747ee5"; logging-data="2906755"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/GKLrJI2Q/5HPTPuhZNxNX8WfFRjzuk1c=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:NNlWzJIglx+QY675lMAKJMgU+xw= In-Reply-To: <3pkpuit8b4jn6b92ef5u9ti728ctsfsonm@4ax.com> Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 1815 On 10/03/2024 8:33 am, John Larkin wrote: > After acquiring Altera for $17e9, they are spinning it off. > > Intel can't do anything but the ancient x86. Their multiprocessor chips don't look much like the 8086, and are great deal bigger (at least in transistor count). Some of them may be code compatible, in that they can still run ancient 8086 code, but Intel doesn't always chose to cripple themselves in that way. > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mergers_and_acquisitions_by_Intel > > They fell behind on fab, too, after investing a couple billion in the > Cymer/ASML EUV buyout. They did, but still seem to be trying to catch up https://www.techpowerup.com/316589/intel-demos-3d-transistors-ribbonfet-and-powervia-technologies. -- Bill Sloman, Sydney