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New ContributorIt may seem funny to you but is a reasonable question. I'm an old timer too and know the history of Altera and their fab. I NEVER had this problem when Altera was "getting by" with TSMC as their foundry. I get it that there are supply chain issues but I am getting zero support from Intel for Altera devices. If their first tier distributors won't even accept orders for devices, I begin to question the business model. And try to reach someone online or via phone. How do you design a product when you cannot secure a supply line. Intel is blowing it big time for new design wins in my opinion. At this rate, they might as well shut the fab line down.
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Regular ContributorNot funny at all. But the comment above "I guess that Intel have pushed back the priority of getting its FPGA lines up and running" is what made me LOL. Like Intel has shut down its fab lines.
Back when Altera was using TSMC we were not in and just coming out of a world wide pandemic that shut down the WORLD's supply lines.
Based on what I am reading in the news about the lack of COVID vaccinations going forward and the highly transmissible nature of the new COVID variants I do not see anything positive going forward for the start of next year. I would not be surprised to see more shutdowns and disruptions.
Just my opinion of course. Feel free to disagree.
