Intel's going to last until it can't maintain its non-mobile market share and margins on chips. They've got a lot of fab capacity of their own. Apparently they're still confident that they can pull off 10 nm architecture, but TSMC is already making 5 nm, and probably has 4 nm coming (perhaps in weeks).
“Intel’s going to last until it can’t maintain its non-mobile market share and margins on chips. They’ve got a lot of fab capacity of their own. Apparently they’re still confident that they can pull off 10 nm architecture, but TSMC is already making 5 nm, and probably has 4 nm coming (perhaps in weeks).”
At what point does quantum indeterminancy start to mess with the hardware?
Given the launch of the latest generation of Xeon processors, it looks like Intel has 10mm lithography working and large scale production finally in order. They are just focussing their resources on higher margin processors servers, and workstations, as well as trying to keep the mobile market. They are ceding desktops, while their heterogienous 3d chiplet processors role out, in 2 years? Of course, Zen 4 will be out by then. I’m sure Apple will have 8, 12, and 20+ core M2 processors by then.