The 10 nm is unquestionably a flaw in Intel’s reputation, which comes so late that it has gone from being a joke to becoming a big problem for the company. With the introduction of its 14nm manufacturing process, Intel was years ahead of the competition, but now both TSMC and Samsung have caught up.
“Intel CEO Bob Swan has confirmed that the company plans to complete its 7nm process in two years.”
Today, AMD already has 7nm processors in desktop stores, while Intel limits itself to supplying chips for 10nm laptops, maintaining production of 14nm desktop processors. Shifting to a 7nm process will be critical, especially if Intel wants to combat AMD in core count. AMD will offer 16-core chips on its AM4 platform from September. Intel currently has nothing to do about it for the mass market and will probably never have it in a 14 nm process.
Well, that’s true, guys, no 7 nm Intel processors until 2021
In the future, Intel CEO Bob Swan has confirmed that the company plans to complete its next-generation 7nm process in two years. 7nm is currently configured to offer 2x higher silicon density and 4x fewer design rules, making future chips smaller and easier to design.
The move will make the 10 nm node for Intel incredibly short-lived, at least compared to the 14 nm node where life has been stretched to its limits.
Swan blamed Intel’s 10 nm delays on excessive emulation and claimed that the node was “too aggressive”. As process nodes became more and more difficult, Intel set an overly ambitious design goal and everything ended with latencies and more delays.