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Intel hedges its bet for High-NA EUV with the 14A process node — an alternate Low-NA technique has identical yield and design rules
Intel explained the rationale behind its High-NA EUV strategy at its Intel Foundry Direct 2025 conference this week. Despite persistent questions around cost-effectiveness, Intel has championed its use of the new High-NA EUV chipmaking tool with its forthcoming 14A process. However, Intel has not yet fully committed to using the new tool in production, but…
Intel Foundry Roadmap Update – New 18A-PT variant that enables 3D die stacking, 14A process node enablement
Intel’s new CEO Lip Bu-Tan took to the stage at the company’s Intel Foundry Direct 2025 event here in San Jose, California, to outline the company’s progress on its foundry initiative. Tan announced that the company is now engaging lead customers for its upcoming 14A process node (1.4nm equivalent), the follow-on generation of its 18A…
TSMC’s 2nm N2 process node enters production this year, A16 and N2P arriving next year
TSMC is on track to start high-volume production of chips on N2 (2nm-class), its first production technology that relies on gate-all-around (GAA) nanosheet transistors, in the second half of this year, the company revealed at its North American Technology Symposium 2025. This new node will enable numerous products launching next year, including AMD’s next-generation EPYC…