[tesseract]

> This is about Intel cementing and extending its complete and total dominance of high end digital logic fabrication.

Given that, (and given that Intel has been dominant in process technology for some time now) I've always wondered why Intel doesn't do fabrication for third party, high-performance/high-margin/high-power-budget products that don't directly compete with Intel's main CPU product line. Networking/telecom processors, top-end FPGAs, DSPs, and so forth. Is it just that they are at capacity making CPUs and don't see any need to get into that business? Or do they do it already and I'm just not aware?

[nitrogen]

They are going to fab some FPGAs for a company called Achronix: http://www.eetimes.com/electronics-news/4210263/Intel-to-fab...

http://www.achronix.com/

I've worked with audio equipment that uses FPGAs, CPLDs, and DSPs for various purposes, and being stuck on relatively-ancient processes makes that equipment generate a lot more heat and fan noise than would be necessary with DSPs and FPGAs on a modern process.