When it comes to manufacturing high-end processors and other chips, one company dominates the market and that's TSMC. The second largest producer, Samsung, is well behind and Intel makes the merest of impressions in the sector. So it's perhaps not a surprise to learn that a daily newspaper in Korea has said that the latter two are planning to meet up and create a 'foundry alliance' to make headway in the chip market.
The publication in question is Maeil Business Newspaper (locally just known as MK) and its report about Intel reaching out to Samsung to arrange a meeting to discuss a foundry team-up (via Trendforce) does have some weight to it, as both companies have been struggling of late.
