Further development of lithography technology requires an investment of enormous resources, and we see that an increasing number of developers rely on the services of specialized chip makers. Separated from AMD, Globalfoundries company developing well as an independent contract manufacturer. TSMC capacity deficit in some measure proves that the demand for such factory is very high.
Intel and Samsung - one of the few who produce their own processors on their own factories. But even Intel was forced to become a shareholder of holding company ASML, to obtain the necessary for the development of new lithographic technology equipment. Intel chairman told how much the construction of factories for the production of chips these days. If in the middle of the last decade, it was possible to meet the $ 3 billion, now it costs at least $ 5 billion
However, this is not all costs. To keep the factory up to date and develop production, it is necessary to receive annually from it $ 10.8 billion in revenue.
Intel chairman believes that traditional computers are not going anywhere, although it will be surrounded by smart phones and tablets. Also, Intel is moving steadily in the smartphone segment. In the next five years, according to Paul Otellini, electronic devices will learn to understand human speech and gestures, they will interact with each other.