It has been a busy few weeks for semiconductors. Apple debuted its next-generation silicon, Nvidia launched an unprecedented partnership, and TSMC data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/big-tech/tsmc-says-intel-didnt-ask-for-investments-denies-existence-of-talks-for-partnership-joint-venture” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/big-tech/tsmc-says-intel-didnt-ask-for-investments-denies-existence-of-talks-for-partnership-joint-venture”>denied rumors of a major tie-up with Intel. But across all these developments, one name has remained conspicuously absent: Intel Foundry Services.
Take the biggest stories of the month. Apple’s new data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/apple-debuts-a19-and-a19-pro-processors-for-iphone-17-iphone-air-and-iphone-17-pro” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/apple-debuts-a19-and-a19-pro-processors-for-iphone-17-iphone-air-and-iphone-17-pro”>A19 and A19 Pro chips launched on TSMC’s 3nm N3P node. No mention of Intel, no sign of IFS. That’s obviously not surprising — it’s been a few years since…
