Intel Ponte Vecchio GPU Will Be Made on TSMC 6nm Process, CPUs Could Be TSMC 3nm

Re:Intel Ponte Vecchio GPU Will Be Made on TSMC 6nm Process,... by jjoonathan on Tuesday July 28, 2020 @11:12AM (#23976615)

10nm was the first node to use the problematic features, but Intel certainly hoped to use the same technologies at smaller nodes as well. Cobalt and COAG become more relevant, not less, with finer features.

As for whether or not they will eventually work, that's the many-billion dollar question. In mid-2018 the boots-on-the-ground were not hopeful (the "10nm will never work" leaks) but clearly someone at Intel thought there was hope because they didn't just abandon the features. I think we just saw that "someone" get fired, though, so I suspect the attempts to save these features have failed.

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Re:Intel Ponte Vecchio GPU Will Be Made on TSMC 6nm Process,... by klelatti on Tuesday July 28, 2020 @01:12PM (#23978117)

Thanks. I guess it's difficult because 'working' is not binary, rather a question of yields etc and how those are progressing as the process matures. Intel can clearly manufacture 10nm parts - I have one in my laptop - but the economics need to work too.

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