Set on August 1, micro network news, Intel 10 nm process production line are finally starting to work, expected to this season is on sample preparation trial-produce, relevant cost has been included in Intel in the third quarter budget. At the same time, Intel also confirmed to 14 nm process to create, code-named Kaby Lake the seventh generation of the Core processor has started to ship.
Intel plans to launch next year 10 nanometers Canonnonlake processor, science and technology web site, Wccftech.com reported Sunday, according to the current progress and judging the past record, Intel Canonnonlake processor is expected in the first half of 2017 as scheduled to enter mass production. Besides Cannonlake processor, also including Ice Lake was launched in 2018 and 2018 will launch Tigerlake; As for the first 7 nm processors, will be postponed until 2020.
Over the past 10 years, Intel semiconductor process technology has been developing according to the Moore's law, as a result, Intel has worked out a processor alternation of generations Tick - Tock strategy, Tick is to switch to the next generation of the new process, Tock new next generation processor architecture is adopted. Such as Intel when the new Sandy Bridge processor architecture was introduced in 2011, are still using 32 nm, but the same architecture of Ivy Bridge in 2012, has to process a miniature to 22 nm generation.
In 2013 by Intel Haswell new architecture, still use 22 nm process, but the 2014 Broadwell process miniature to 14 nm. 2015 years later, Intel in 10 nm process encountered difficulties in miniature, so in the past two years, a Tick - Tock product circulation, in the 14 nm generation has been extended to three years, product cycle is changed to Tick - Tock Tock strategy.
Compared with TSMC and samsung in miniature to 10 nano 14/16 generation, has not yet spread process research and development behind the problem, Intel on 10 nm process miniature still encounter many difficulties. According to OEM factory, Intel in 10 nm generation product line will remain Tick - Tock Tock in the three years cycle, that is, Intel's first 10 nm processors Cannonlake will be launched in 2017, 2018 belong to 10 nm Ice Lake, 2019 launched 10 nm process Tigerlake again, until 2020, 7 nm processors will officially debut.
Industry insiders said that Intel actually has been backward in the development of 14 nm, six to nine months over the years adherence to Moore's law also declared was abandoned. Due to the new Optimization (Optimization) program, the updating cycle of Intel's current process also extended to three years from the previous two years. By chip density, TSMC and samsung's 10 nanocrystalline next film with Intel 14 nm, so Intel still keep leading technology, but because the cycle of 14 and 10 nano stretched, TSMC could catch up with Intel's technology in 2018.
However, Intel still lag behind in the event of a sprint 10 nm TSMC at least two quarters, according to media reports before, TSMC has been in the second quarter of this year 2 to 10 nm process is successful, in the fourth quarter is expected to lead trade into mass production.
