In a bid to remain competitive, Intel says it will outsource some high-end CPU production in 2023.
Intel to Outsource Some Key CPU Production for 2023 Chips : Read more
Intel to Outsource Some Key CPU Production for 2023 Chips : Read more
But that's even more depressing for TSMC, what is going on there?! Is their 7nmp such a small part of their production? How can they be making so little money from so many waffers otherwise? Usually businesses pay top dollar for top product.Continuing to report that Intel has “twice” the production of TSMC based on revenue numbers is nothing short of misleading. It’s disingenuous and bad journalism.
The relevant metric is not revenue but Wafer Starts per Month. At last check, Intel pumps out 1/3 the number of wafers that TSMC does.
So Intel is basically throwing in the towel on 10nm and acknowledging they aren't going to get it right.
But that's even more depressing for TSMC, what is going on there?! Is their 7nmp such a small part of their production? How can they be making so little money from so many waffers otherwise? Usually businesses pay top dollar for top product.
Continuing to report that Intel has “twice” the production of TSMC based on revenue numbers is nothing short of misleading. It’s disingenuous and bad journalism.
The relevant metric is not revenue but Wafer Starts per Month. At last check, Intel pumps out 1/3 the number of wafers that TSMC does.
Yes, there isn’t enough fab capacity on earth for Intel to abandon its fabs. It’s a slow-moving industry with huge capital expenditures, advanced favs simply don’t sit idle. At the right price, TSMC could produce Intel’s entire output 3 times over however.
Intel is no longer the dominant fab. That’s been true for years. Making misleading comparisons that put Intel in the lead won’t stop Intel from going the way of IBM(alive but no longer dominant). How about you write an article on production output so you don’t need to keep referencing your “twice the revenue” article?
How is that changing anything?!TSMC is preparing its 5nm process, so part of its usual production line is out of commission while it is in the process of recalibration for the new node.
Once its 5nm is properly prepared on all new lines, TSMC will be back up to full production and Apple will be its first customer with the new line of Custom Chips.
Intel says that the majority of its products in 2023 will come manufactured with its own process technology. Still, it's important to note that Intel hasn't specified that the majority of the newly-released 2023 products will come with its own 7nm process. Naturally, Intel will still have plenty of chip production volume centered on its 14nm and 10nm process tech in that timeframe, and even older nodes that still ship in large volumes.
Celerons, Pentiums, i3, office and low end crap.So they will still be on 14nm in 2023?
Does that mean they may will on 14nm for 10 years?
As Intel started making 14nm cpu in September 2014...
How is that changing anything?!
Why did they have to stop 7nm production to increase 5nm production when they are making 3 times as many waffers as intel?!
The only explanation would be if almost all their production is on very old nodes and they only have a very small amount of fab space that can do any sort of high tech node forcing them to exchange one for the other.
Intel could be on 1nm or less if they wanted to at that point. The names have been made up for years and have no correlation to actual features in the transistors.Question is only whether in two years TSMC will be at 5nm, or 3nm? We can pretty much bet that's a question that won't apply to Intel in two years, however.
But that's even more depressing for TSMC, what is going on there?! Is their 7nmp such a small part of their production? How can they be making so little money from so many waffers otherwise? Usually businesses pay top dollar for top product.