Posted on Friday, July 26 2019 @ 12:49 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck
During yesterday's earnings call with financial analysts, Intel CEO Bob Swan
revealed Intel now has two fabs dedicated to 10nm production. He said Ice Lake began shipping to clients in Q2 2019 and will be on retail shelves for the holiday season. Furthermore, he said Intel is on track to release 7nm CPUs in 2021. Swan says Intel's 7nm will be comparable in terms of technical specifications versus competitor's 5nm nodes:
Our process technology road map continues to improve and we're making excellent progress on 10-nanometer. We began shipping Ice Lake clients in the second quarter supporting systems on the shelf for the holiday selling season and expect to ship Agilex, our first 10-nanometer FPGA later this year.
We now have two factories in full production on 10-nanometer. We are also on track to launch 7-nanometer in 2021. With a roughly 2x improvement in density over 10-nanometer, our 7-nanometer process, which will be comparable to competitors' 5-nanometer nodes, and will put us on pace with historical Moore's Law scaling.
