Intel has already given a reason for the lagging: trying to improve density by 2.7x instead of 2.4x. Other foundries were able to improve density by 2.7x for t

Intel has already given a reason for the lagging: trying to improve density by 2.7x instead of 2.4x. Other foundries were able to improve density by 2.7x for their 7nm nodes compared to their 14/16nm nodes, so I'm not sure what exactly Intel is doing there.