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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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[–] [S] 15 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Intel's next-generation [...] process [...] more slowly than expected.

When was the last time one of Intel's next-gen processes went well? 🫠

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    • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    10 nm++++++++ is the new 14 nm++++++++

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    [–] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    trying to jump from 7 to 1.8 seems like a big step lol, it's hard to recover after so many issues and delays

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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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    [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Intel 7 is now [...]

    Intel 7 lines will continue to [...]

    Aka Intel 7 was already and nothing has changed?

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 1 year ago

    The change being that there was expected to be a change in the situation, which isn't happening with 18A going slower than expected. This article doesn't have much focus on the 18A part though.

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    • [–] 1 point 11 months ago

    The trick is to always expect unexpected delays at Intel's Fabs, that way you can't be disappointed by them any more

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