Samsung plans to rival TSMC in foundry, says report

[y eye]

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[rambaldi]

Should be interesting, with the competition between TSMC, Samsung and Global Foundries there might be a bit of a drop in prices which is always good for consumers

[roosterbaby!]

This Is great news but, how many freaking foundries do we need?

Isn't IBM still working on a new foundry?

I also thought I read somewhere that Toshiba wants to get back Into the game also?

[y eye]

I need all I can get and pay as little as possible...

[rambaldi]

This Is great news but, how many freaking foundries do we need?

Isn't IBM still working on a new foundry?

I also thought I read somewhere that Toshiba wants to get back Into the game also?

I was under the impression that Toshiba were scaling back and if anything getting out of that possibility