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Intel can't spin up 18A fast enough, so Intel 7 is now the new CPU bottleneck (www.techspot.com)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/hardware@lemmy.world
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Intel is stuck on yesterday's tech while it waits for tomorrow's

TL;DR: Intel's next-generation 18A process, its most advanced manufacturing technology, is ramping up more slowly than expected. Until it reaches high-volume production, the company's heavily utilized Intel 7 lines will continue to constrain output for both client and data center chips. In the meantime, Intel is prioritizing higher-margin server processors to offset supply limitations and preserve profitability. [...]

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[–] 3 points 1 year ago

There is a certain irony in Intel 7 being a bottleneck for their business considering they've been shipping products with Intel 7 components for more than four years.

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