After mass production of the 10nm process last year, Intel plans to introduce the 7nm process in 2021 and the 5nm process in 2023, returning to the previous 2-year upgrade cycle.
Intel plans to jump to 7nm in 2021 and 5nm in 2023
After the long delays with the 10 nm node and the extended use of its 14 nm node, Intel seems to be returning to its natural cycle and using a new process node every two years.
This COVID 19 crisis is said to have delayed or reduced some of Intel’s technology investments for its future CPUs, which could cost six to eight weeks more in capital expenditures, and obviously some projects will be affected.
But Intel’s advanced processes will not be plagued by cost-cutting problems, and Intel said at the revenue conference that all significant capital expenditures for 10nm, 7nm, and 5nm processes are on track and will not be affected by a pandemic.
Intel’s 7nm process will debut on the high-performance GPUs with Xe architecture, and technical details have not yet been officially announced, but transistor density is expected to be between 200 million/mm2 and 240 million/mm2, exceeding the 5nm of TSMC and slightly below the 3nm of TSMC.
In line with this trend, the 5nm process will completely surpass the 3nm process of TSMC and Samsung in 2023. However, Intel will lag two years behind TSMC. AMD is expected to make the leap to 5nm in 2021 with its Ryzen ‘Zen 4’ processors manufactured by TSMC, while Intel will debut this year only with its 7nm processors and GPUs, according to its roadmap.
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