Intel to increase production to 10nm this year

The transition to a 10nm process is being very complicated for Intel so much that it has even led to the death of the company's traditional cycle of "tic-toc" product development. Finally this 2018 we could see the first Intel processors at 10 nm.

Intel's 10nm are finally ripe this year 2018

Intel's 10nm manufacturing process has always been very ambitious, it was on the verge of what was possible using the foundry technology of the time when it was announced several years ago. This has led to repeated delays and the launch of up to four generations of products at 14 nm, which is unusual since traditionally it has only maintained one node for two generations.

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Intel's 14nm has been used at Broadwell, Skylake, Kaby Lake and Coffee Lake, giving rivals like TSMC, Samsung and Globalfoundries ample opportunity to catch up to the semiconductor giant. During its fourth-quarter 2018 financial call, Intel reconfirmed that the company met its goal of shipping 10nm products to its customers before the end of 2017, although they do not provide specific details.

Intel CEO Brian Krzanich said the company will increase its production to 10nm in the second half of the year. With 10nm production being accelerated this year, we are likely to see products made with this node before the end of the year.

2019 will be an interesting year for the CPU market as AMD also hopes to make the jump to 7nm with its upcoming Zen 2 architecture to compete with Intel's 10nm products. AMD will use Global Foundries' 7nm process which is equivalent to Intel's 10nm process, there is no standard for measuring nm so each foundry sweeps for its house.

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