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Wait, did I read this right - Intel is going to be the last one to get 10nm? > Samsung, for one, plans to ship its 10nm finFET technology by year’s end. > TSM
by aexaey 10y ago
Wait, did I read this right - Intel is going to be the last one to get 10nm?
> Samsung, for one, plans to ship its 10nm finFET technology by year’s end.
> TSMC will move into 10nm production in early 2017
> Intel will move into 10nm production by mid-2017
- hyperpallium 10y ago> It’s now becoming clear that what other companies call a ‘10nm’ technology will not be as dense as Intel’s 10nm technology.
- eloff 10y agoYes, that's what a lay reading gets you - and why I was disappointed with the article. Is the author just clueless or are they trying to make one of Intel's competitors look better? Everyone who follows these things knows that the other guy's 14nm node is more comparable to Intel's 22nm node. Apparently a nanometer is not always a nanometer...
- petra 10y agoI think this journal aims to professional who know the details about intel/others process nodes, so he doesn't mention that specifically.
- i73668012 10y agoThe only thing you should be disappointed with is your reading comprehension. There are three paragraphs dedicated to your complaint. >“Not all 10nm technologies are the same,” said Mark Bohr, a senior fellow and director of process architecture and integration at Intel. “It’s now becoming clear that what other companies call a ‘10nm’ technology will not be as dense as Intel’s 10nm technology. We expect that what others call ‘7nm’ will be close to Intel’s 10nm technology for density.” >It wasn’t always like that. Traditionally, chipmakers scaled the key transistor specs by 0.7X at each node. This, in turn, roughly doubles the transistor density at each node. >Intel continues to follow this formula. At 16nm/14nm, though, others deviated from the equation from a density standpoint. For example, foundry vendors introduced finFETs at 16nm/14nm, but it incorporated a 20nm interconnect scheme.
- zaroth 10y agoWould upvote but for your first sentence.
- eloff 10y agoMissed that, I withdraw my complaint. The snark is not necessary though, not everyone has time to read the entire article, I read the top and skimmed the rest.
- testrun 10y agoAnd you start your comment with: Yes, that's what a lay reading gets you - and why I was disappointed with the article.