Intel to use 6nm tsmc nodes in 2021 and 3nm nodes in 2022

As for semiconductor technology, Intel's 10nm has been mass-produced, but the company also stated that its production capacity will not be as large as 22nm and 14nm, which may be an important signal. This is why Intel is considering TSMC and using its 6 and 3nm nodes for years to come.

Intel would outsource chips to TSMC with 6 and 3nm nodes

Previously, the industry had repeatedly reported that Intel would also outsource chips to TSMC. The latest information says that this will extend to 3nm in 2022, after the 6nm node in 2021.

Intel expects to use TSMC's 6 nanometer process on a large scale in 2021 and is currently testing.

If the company really intends to expand the outsourcing of its chips, in addition to the partially outsourced chipset, the first should be the GPU, because the GPU is easier to manufacture than a CPU, and TSMC has experience in the manufacture of GPUs.

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Intel's Xe architecture alone shows that DG1 is manufactured using its own 10nm process. It has 96 execution units with a total of 768 cores, a base frequency of 1 GHz, an acceleration frequency of 1.5 GHz and 1 MB of cache, and 3GB video memory.

The performance of DG1 is expected to be comparable to that of a GTX 950, which is approximately 15% worse than the GTX 1050. It is a low-end graphics card, which is suitable for energy-efficient areas, especially GPUs. of laptops.

After DG1, DG2 will arrive. Previously it was reported that DG2 will use TSMC's 7nm process. Now you may end up using the 6nm.

The popular semiconductor maker had also announced that Ponte Vecchio data center graphics cards will use their own 7nm EUV process, we don't know if this plan stays the same or changed to a 6nm node. We will keep you informed.

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