Intel making preparations for 7nm EUV manufacturing

Intel struggled for many years to get its 10nm node economically feasible but the chip giant promises these issues will not impact the 7nm node. Chips made on the latter process are expected to hit the market in 2021 and this will include both CPUs and GPU.

Now word is going around that Intel is stepping up preparations for 7nm manufacturing. Taiwanese tech news site DigiTimes reports Intel started placing equipment and materials orders for EUV manufacturing since August.

The site also notes that TSMC expects 7nm and 7nm EUV will be major growth drivers this year. The Taiwanese foundry is seeing significant orders from 5G clients:

Meanwhile, TSMC expects 7nm and 7nm EUV manufacturing nodes to be a major growth driver this year, thanks to strong demand chiefly coming from the 5G sector. MediaTek, which reportedly is among the clients using TSMC's 7nm manufacturing node, has unveiled what it calls the world's first sub-6GHz 5G SoC, with volume production on track to begin in Janaury 2020.