Intel to get $7.3b for Germany fab site as TSMC dismisses Europe plans

x86 giant giddy about making chips on the continent, its foundry rival not so much

Intel is reportedly set to receive 6.8 billion ($7.3 billion) in subsidies for a massive chip manufacturing campus it's planning in Germany, and the x86 giant apparently won't have to worry about foundry rival TSMC setting up shop anywhere nearby for the time being....