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Not sure where you heard that Intel renamed 12nm to 10nm, but you're probably thinking of another fab. Intel's 10nm cell density is comparable to Global Foundry
by smaddox 8y ago
Not sure where you heard that Intel renamed 12nm to 10nm, but you're probably thinking of another fab. Intel's 10nm cell density is comparable to Global Foundry's 7nm [1]. And yes, Intel's 10nm process is very late; that doesn't mean it's not coming.
As far as yields go, they're constantly improving, and they depend on the processor, so your claim that the yield is 50% is either ignorant or intentionally misleading.
I checked out your link, but all I saw was price per performance numbers, not performance per watt. Price per performance is an important metric for gamers, but not so much for servers, which is Intel's bread and butter. In the server space, performance per watt is what matters. If you have some evidence that AMD has taken the lead in performance per watt, I would love to see it.
[1] https://www.semiwiki.com/forum/content/7191-iedm-2017-intel-versus-globalfoundries-leading-edge.html https://www.semiwiki.com/forum/content/7191-iedm-2017-intel-...
- zaarn 8y ago>Intel's 10nm cell density is comparable to Global Foundry's 7nm [1]. And yes, Intel's 10nm process is very late; that doesn't mean it's not coming. That was Q4/17. Latest information: https://www.semiaccurate.com/2018/08/02/intel-guts-10nm-to-get-it-out-the-door/ https://www.semiaccurate.com/2018/08/02/intel-guts-10nm-to-g... The 10nm parts due for Q4/19 (!) are 12nm more than 10nm. The report also mentions the real 10nm yields, 8-10%, targets at 50-60%. I admit that I'm not sure what the current yield on their 12nm is but I would guess it would have to be the target.
- smaddox 8y agoThat article is completely devoid of any technical information supporting the claim that Intel nerfed the 10nm scaling.