Intel Foundry Achieves Major Milestones (intel.com) 28
Intel has announced significant progress on its 18A process technology, with lead products successfully powering on and booting operating systems. The company's Panther Lake client processor and Clearwater Forest server chip, both built on 18A, achieved these milestones less than two quarters after tape-out. The 18A node, featuring RibbonFET gate-all-around transistors and PowerVia backside power delivery, is on track for production in 2025.
Intel released the 18A Process Design Kit 1.0 in July, enabling foundry customers to leverage these advanced technologies in their designs. "Intel is out ahead of everyone else in the industry with these innovations," Kevin O'Buckley, Intel's new head of Foundry Services stated, highlighting the node's potential to drive next-generation AI solutions. Clearwater Forest will be the industry's first mass-produced, high-performance chip combining RibbonFET, PowerVia, and Foveros Direct 3D packaging technology. It also utilizes Intel's 3-T base-die technology, showcasing the company's systems foundry approach. Intel expects its first external customer to tape out on 18A in the first half of 2025. EDA and IP partners are updating their tools to support customer designs on the new node. The success of 18A is crucial for Intel's ambitions to regain process leadership and grow its foundry business.
Intel released the 18A Process Design Kit 1.0 in July, enabling foundry customers to leverage these advanced technologies in their designs. "Intel is out ahead of everyone else in the industry with these innovations," Kevin O'Buckley, Intel's new head of Foundry Services stated, highlighting the node's potential to drive next-generation AI solutions. Clearwater Forest will be the industry's first mass-produced, high-performance chip combining RibbonFET, PowerVia, and Foveros Direct 3D packaging technology. It also utilizes Intel's 3-T base-die technology, showcasing the company's systems foundry approach. Intel expects its first external customer to tape out on 18A in the first half of 2025. EDA and IP partners are updating their tools to support customer designs on the new node. The success of 18A is crucial for Intel's ambitions to regain process leadership and grow its foundry business.
Re:Remember when (Score:4, Informative)
Oh dear, looks like I touched a nerve.
I'll answer my own question: badly. Meteor Lake was more or less a dud as a product, and Intel 4 never found its way into anything else except one chip Intel fabbed for Ericsson.
Intel 3, the successor node to Intel 4, is thus far only used for Sierra Forest which is a product shipped only to select customers that demanded it. You can't buy this thing yourself.
The next time Intel boots up a product on a new node for the first time, remind yourself that it isn't news or anything really special. Because it isn't.
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Intel is trying to generate positive press, when it has become abysmally clear they are fundamentally incapable. And, obviously, they have their clueless fanbois and sometimes these get mod-points by accident. For some topics, getting moderated down is actually a confirmation of the truth of what you posted these days.
intel stock (Score:1)
18A (Score:2)
Does that mean it uses 18 amps?
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we can only hope its that low
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At 110V, maybe.
18 Ångstrom (Score:5, Informative)
At 400MHz it should work (Score:1)
Yea, they got it to work, but probably at very low clock speeds, just to claim the process works. 13th and 14th gen chips degrading shows that even when things "work", they may not be fully stable.
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Was that the one who purchased $700,000 worth of Intel stock at opening before Intel reported quarterly results?
whoops, that's not a Bible quote. (Score:2)
-- Pat Gelsinger , on Intel's recent stock performance
Intel? People are still buying that trash? (Score:1, Flamebait)
Don't get me wrong. I do not want Intel to die. Somebody has to keep AMD honest. But buying from them? I would rather get good value for money.
Go intel (Score:2)
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AMD isn't in the foundry game.
Re: Go intel (Score:2)
Re: Go intel (Score:2)
Re: Go intel (Score:2)
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"a" setback? This is like the ninth failure to execute in a row.
I want Intel to stick around to keep AMD honest too, but it's not looking good.
Get Out of TSMC--Yesterday! (Score:2)
Re: Get Out of TSMC--Yesterday! (Score:2)
Unless something gargantuan changes, Intel is going to lose. It's a habit now.
Sounds Kinky (Score:2)
Wow! did they get beat up that much? (Score:2)
Than a processor manufacturing company is proud of "we can make processor that boot now!"
intel marketing to save the day (Score:1)
It's a Joyous Day in Processor-ville (Score:2)
It is indeed a joyous day in Processor-ville when Intel, perhaps the most widely recognized processor company in the world for the last 40 years, achieves the heretofore unheard of achievement of: "...successfully powering on and booting operating systems". Gawd, will those Intel gods ever stop over-achieving?