For Intel 10nm will be a less productive node than 14nm and 22nm

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 03/05/2020 08:23 AM | source: tweakers.net | 13 comment(s)

Intel has shared some info about 10nm, stating that 10nm as a fabrication node is less productive compared to 14 and 22nm. Not exactly a surprise of course considering how long Intel has been having issues with 10nm. At one point everybody even figured they would skip 10nm together.

Intel, however, hopes and expects to retain their leading position with other nodes like 7nm and is mentioning 'leadership' at 5nm.

Intel's chief financial officer George Davis acknowledges that 10nm "won't be the best node Intel has ever had." "It's going to be less productive than 14nm and then 22nm, but we're excited about the improvements we're seeing and we expect to start the 7nm period with a much better performance outlook at the end of 2021." TSMC has already mentioned it is scaling up towards 5nm production and even expects mass production of 3nm late 2022.

On Monday Intel reported to open up its decommissioned Costa Rico factory again to increase 14nm production. Intel's pending Comet Lake processor series for desktops also is based on a refined 14nm fabrication process.

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Camaxide
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#5766541 Posted on: 03/06/2020 10:52 AM

intels scrapped plans for high performance 10nm on desktop and are aiming for 7nm+

Or 7nm++++ ;p

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#5766672 Posted on: 03/06/2020 05:06 PM

Translated: "Our 10nm yields suck", basically.

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#5766949 Posted on: 03/07/2020 01:47 PM

They should take some lessons&yields from TSMC 5-7nm.

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