Intel's Comeback Looks Impossible. So Did AMD's.
Years of manufacturing issues for Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) has led to a situation that would have been unthinkable five years ago: The manufacturing edge the chip giant long enjoyed is gone. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (NYSE: TSM), which counts Intel rival Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ: AMD) as a customer, has pulled into what looks like an insurmountable lead. While Intel is still churning out PC chips built on its now ancient 14nm process, TSMC has been offering its customers 7nm chips for quite some time.
