The only question that matters is how far behind TSMC they are.
Intel has just said that unless a miracle will bring them serious external customers for their 14A CMOS process, they will stop developing it, which would leave the Intel 18A manufacturing process (to be used for Panther Lake later this year) as the last Intel manufacturing process.
In that case, there will be only 3 state-of-the-art semiconductor makers, TSMC, Samsung & Rapidus, with no American or European competitor.
Intel has just said that unless a miracle will bring them serious external customers for their 14A CMOS process, they will stop developing it, which would leave the Intel 18A manufacturing process (to be used for Panther Lake later this year) as the last Intel manufacturing process.
In that case, there will be only 3 state-of-the-art semiconductor makers, TSMC, Samsung & Rapidus, with no American or European competitor.