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I'll also add that it's fascinating that both 10 nm and 7 nm are having issues. My understanding (and please correct me if I'm wrong), is that the development
by spideymans 6y ago
I'll also add that it's fascinating that both 10 nm and 7 nm are having issues.
My understanding (and please correct me if I'm wrong), is that the development of manufacturing capabilities for any given node is an independent process. It's like building two houses: the construction of the second house isn't dependent on the construction of the first. Likewise, the development of 7 nm isn't dependent on the perfection of 10 nm.
This perhaps suggests that there is a deep institutional problem at Intel, impacting multiple manufacturing processes. That is something more significant that a big manufacturing problem holding up the development of one node.
- okl 6y agoI think that's not quite right. While it's true that for each node they build different manufacturing lines, generating the required know-how is an iterative/evolutionary process in the same way that process node technology usually builds on the proven tech of the previous node.