Intel Expands 10nm Manufacturing Capacity

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"NOTE: Intel's capacity expansion program has been a multiyear journey. The factory and office footage in this video was captured prior to Covid-19 safety measures. Intel workers currently working on-site observe appropriate social distancing and mask measures in accordance with internal policies and local requirements."



https://www.techpowerup.com/276330/intel-expands-10nm-manufacturing-capacity
 
spacedrone808 said:
5nm will available at 2021. 3nm at the end of 2022. And intel goes 10nm. This is direct application for their victory!
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Process size numbers are more marketting than quantitative measurements. Intel's 10nm is pretty similar in actual feature size to TSMC's 7nm; Intel's 7 nm should be pretty similar to TSMC's 5 nm.

More important is that Intel is having a very bad time getting yields/production volume out of 10 nm (but maybe this new capacity will work better?) and early reports of their 7 nm don't look great either. If they get their fabrication working again, maybe we can see stuff from them that is more than just another SkyLake refresh with moar cores.
 
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toast0 said:
Process size numbers are more marketting than quantitative measurements. Intel's 10nm is pretty similar in actual feature size to TSMC's 7nm; Intel's 7 nm should be pretty similar to TSMC's 5 nm.

More important is that Intel is having a very bad time getting yields/production volume out of 10 nm (but maybe this new capacity will work better?) and early reports of their 7 nm don't look great either. If they get their fabrication working again, maybe we can see stuff from them that is more than just another SkyLake refresh with moar cores.
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Well they seem happy with the new batches, they now have 3 fabs fully running at 10nm and they have their desktop and server mainstreams parts scheduled for 2021 and it looks like they are on track. Hope they manage to get their stuff figured, as much as I like seeing AMD doing well I do hate lineups and having to wait months for parts.
 
I'm going to build a 7nm fab so I can cash in on this stuff.

Anyone know how to start?

^^^

Meant to highlight the extreme tech needed to produce industrial quantities of wafers at a profitable level given the current competition. Kudos to Intel to taking the fab process internal. (If that's, indeed, what's happening.) They've been stuck at 14nm for far too long. I can only imagine it is too difficult to go from 14nm directly to 7nm, let alone 5nm. 10nm is a "training step", with commercial viability.

I'm not up on this stuff, like some of you are. My understanding is that TSMC is king of the 7nm. Global Foundry is stuck at 10nm, but market it as "8nm". Is there anyone else making these IC wafers?
 
c3k said:
I'm going to build a 7nm fab so I can cash in on this stuff.

Anyone know how to start?

^^^

Meant to highlight the extreme tech needed to produce industrial quantities of wafers at a profitable level given the current competition. Kudos to Intel to taking the fab process internal. (If that's, indeed, what's happening.) They've been stuck at 14nm for far too long. I can only imagine it is too difficult to go from 14nm directly to 7nm, let alone 5nm. 10nm is a "training step", with commercial viability.

I'm not up on this stuff, like some of you are. My understanding is that TSMC is king of the 7nm. Global Foundry is stuck at 10nm, but market it as "8nm". Is there anyone else making these IC wafers?
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Expanding is like multiplying.

So right now Intels 10nm is around zero usable parts.

If you multiply by zero what do you get?
 
c3k said:
I'm going to build a 7nm fab so I can cash in on this stuff.

Anyone know how to start?
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Real men have fabs- Jerry Sanders
Now you have a semicconductor super cycle. Fast ramp. I bet this cycle goes at least two years.
 
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