… As a reminder, here's the slide Intel released last year to describe its new process node nomenclature and relative improvements: Intel 7 is equivalent to what we used to call 10nm++. Intel 4 7nm will be Intel's first EUV-enabled node. …
… Intel's Razor Lake is likely to be built on a future process node, too, such as its 14A. Credit: Intel In Intel's only recent use of on-package memory, its Core Ultra 200V processors came with 16GB or 32GB of LPDDR5X-8533 memory, with no option to upgrade after purchase. …
… Interestingly TSMC says it expects 2nm nanosheet production to begin in 2025, but Intel's roadmap has RibbonFET debuting in Q3 of 2024 . For its part, Samsung has already shifted to nanowires, which uses thinner fins than nanosheets, for its 3nm process. …
… For over a decade, Intel has allowed full CPU overclocking that is, multiplier adjustment only on its high-end K-series processors, and only then when combined with a Zx90 motherboard from the generation it was part of. …
… Is this enough to fundamentally change the competitive situation with Intel? In a word, no. Here's the same Cinebench 11.5 comparison, only with Intel's Core i5-3550 a $199 chip and the just-launched Haswell Core i7-4770K thrown into the mix. …
… Its upcoming CPUs will be called Raptor Lake, and they'll be a refinement of Alder Lake made on the same Intel 7 process. It's similar to how Intel used to follow a Tick-Tock strategy, way back when. …
… With GlobalFoundries and TSMC still ramping 20nm, Intel's 14nm delay shouldn't impact the company's roadmaps or the lead its opened up over its competitors. …
… Trendforce says the delay is due to "product design and process verification issues." However, it isn't clear if those issues are with TSMC's node, or Intel's. As reportedly previously, Intel is using its own Intel 4 process, previously known as 7nm, for the compute and I/O tiles. …
… People expect Intel to lead in CPU development. They don't necessarily care if Intel leads in GPU, where the company has no established reputation. How much of an impact this has on Ponte Vecchio's launch will depend on when Intel initiated this process. …
… Intel's 450mm installation at Fab D1X is reportedly on hold , as is the company's Fab 42 in Arizona . …