IntelUser2000
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So I am leaning towards Raptor/Meteor being another Icelake like launch. This supports what Intel said way back when they said "12 month yield delay" but "6 month" product delay.
This is a difficult way of making up for the delays and catching up.
Just like 10nm they'll have another low yield process. Because of that you could say Intel 3 is a significant advance since it'll be like 10nm SF. And possibly
Arrowlake will use that. And you'd want Lunarlake to use Intel 20A.
Not sure about the rumors regarding Intel using TSMC 3nm for client chips. Because I know if a node isn't utilized for a main product it's dead. So it would indicate Intel 3 being dead or TSMC 3nm not being used for say, a compute tile. And if Intel 3 is an effectively dead node and a proper Intel 7nm part,* then you could say their whole fabrication ambitions need to be put to pasture, since there's no such thing as a big jump - just progressions.
*So if Meteor is using Intel 4 which may be akin to Icelake's low yield and low performance process, not using Intel 3, which is akin to Tigerlake's 10nm SF process makes no sense, which by then the issues will be pretty much solved.
This is a difficult way of making up for the delays and catching up.
Just like 10nm they'll have another low yield process. Because of that you could say Intel 3 is a significant advance since it'll be like 10nm SF. And possibly
Arrowlake will use that. And you'd want Lunarlake to use Intel 20A.
Not sure about the rumors regarding Intel using TSMC 3nm for client chips. Because I know if a node isn't utilized for a main product it's dead. So it would indicate Intel 3 being dead or TSMC 3nm not being used for say, a compute tile. And if Intel 3 is an effectively dead node and a proper Intel 7nm part,* then you could say their whole fabrication ambitions need to be put to pasture, since there's no such thing as a big jump - just progressions.
*So if Meteor is using Intel 4 which may be akin to Icelake's low yield and low performance process, not using Intel 3, which is akin to Tigerlake's 10nm SF process makes no sense, which by then the issues will be pretty much solved.
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