And no, TSMC is staying steady no matter what. That's how they've been operating from the start - regardless of if the "opponent" is making mistakes. It's not a strategy in that sense where they're competing. They're doing their own thing and the competitors either died by themselves or failed.

They're not competitive as in they aren't competing with Intel. Otherwise they'd go for counter measures or what not. That's never been their strategy. Cutting edge wasn't their core business originally.