Chip Fabs and Foundries

Comments discuss which companies like Intel, AMD, Nvidia, and others own their own semiconductor fabrication plants (fabs) versus outsourcing to foundries like TSMC or SMIC, including questions about locations, processes, and industry players.

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Sample Comments

throwaway4good Aug 22, 2022 View on HN

Looks like it is mostly fabbed by tsmc.

dataking Nov 16, 2023 View on HN

I was under the impression they had their chips manufactured by SMIC.

kwhitefoot Sep 9, 2022 View on HN

Does someone building a chip fab get the same help?

aqfamnzc Oct 31, 2022 View on HN

Are you referrinng to their silicon processes, or their IP?

mmaniac May 23, 2024 View on HN

Buying TSMC silicon just like Apple and AMD.

_Microft Jun 7, 2022 View on HN

Yes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semiconductor_fabrication_plan...

justinclift Nov 6, 2024 View on HN

Are they being fabbed by TSMC in the US, or overseas?

whatever1 Sep 18, 2025 View on HN

Has Nvidia has ran any fab successfully ?

systemvoltage Aug 26, 2022 View on HN

Any chip manufacturing startups? If not Fab, equipment, Fab software, etc?

rstupek Jan 5, 2022 View on HN

Doesn't AMD similarly send their recipe to TSMC to be printed?