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The waters are muddy because there is no standard to identify what exactly a nano-meter process entails. My personal belief is that feature size will not contri
by 40acres 8y ago
The waters are muddy because there is no standard to identify what exactly a nano-meter process entails. My personal belief is that feature size will not contribute to the absolute performance of a chip as it has in the past. Packaging technology and other features are gaining share in influence.
- Cyph0n 8y agoWhen it comes to vertical integration in the semiconductor space, Intel comes second to none. Samsung is the closest match.
- vbezhenar 8y agoWhile Apple's chips are not direct competitors to Intel's, many people think that they are very comparable now. TSMC manufactures 7nm chips and Intel struggles to manufacture 10nm. It seems that they have similar characteristics, so currently Intel does not have clear lead. We just need to wait for AMD to fully leverage 7nm chips, they are direct competitors to Intel and it will be obvious if Intel have any lead. While I don't like Intel, I really fear that they'll decide to stop progressing and will continue to use 14nm while they still can squeeze any profits. Those tiny processes require tremendous investments and it's unlikely that new players will appear there, at least old ones should survive and compete.