Intel plans to rival TSMC and Samsung as a chip supplier
And I plan to date supermodels. /s<p>Okay I'll try to be constructive. TSMC is two things: The biggest contracting foundry in the world, and a leader in EUV application for tiny geometries. I think it's possible for Intel to become a contracting foundry; it goes against their DNA but Gelsinger very much wants to do it. So that's the first thing. Maybe it'll happen.<p>The second thing is much more problematic.<p>> Intel is still working on getting its 5-nm mass production going, and says it will begin manufacturing Intel 3 -- its answer to TSMC's 3-nm tech -- in the second half of 2023.<p>This I'm much more skeptical about. Intel tried to make EUV work before and failed. Still they seem to be buying ASML equipment and installing it at Ronler Acres:<p><a href="https://www.protocol.com/enterprise/intel-euv-fab-chips" rel="nofollow">https://www.protocol.com/enterprise/intel-euv-fab-chips</a><p>But it still sounds like a long shot to get it working in 2023.