Sounds like Taiwan/TSMC don’t see a better option considering the nature of the current US administration.
At any rate, any collaboration on semiconductor manufacturing is going to require many years of lead time and it’s not a given that the current US policies are permanent. Although I doubt any country would trust the US going forward irrespective of any future political development.
It’s okay, the chances of intel being able to actually bring a new node to production is basically zero lmao. Imagine intel like a clown car, with disgraced former ceo pat ‘papa’ gelsinger running after it collecting cpus in a bag with a hole in it.
Will found out when they release their 18A nose.
I wouldn’t write them off just yet. Look at AMD, they were borderline defunct before the release of Ryzen and look where they are now.