Intel is already preparing for 2 and 1.8 nm chip production

Intel is very slowly climbing out of the hole it managed to fall into years ago, which resulted in the strengthening of AMD, but this apparently does not stop the company from daring to dream big. Although Intel also got into trouble with the introduction of 7 nm technology, according to the company, the development of the 20A and 18A production technologies (which according to the new brand mean 2 and 1.8 nm strip width, but actually a 5 nm process) has been completed , and everything is in place for them to be deployed within a short period of time. According to Intel’s plan, both versions will be ready for production next year. (This does not yet mean that it is ready for mass production, but that the production of test copies can start.)

This seems a bit ambitious, if we take it as a basis that Intel had problems with the 7 nm bandwidth: originally, the manufacturer wanted to use this bandwidth as early as 2021, but the project has been delayed ever since. Although the name suggests that Intel 7 actually covers 10 nm production technology, the company can switch to 7 nm by using Intel 4 this year. (Meanwhile, AMD has been producing 7nm chips for almost four years, which gives it a huge competitive advantage, and this is reflected in the sales figures.)

According to the latest information, Intel is working very hard to overcome the disadvantage, and the Intel 20A, originally planned for the second half of 2024, may be ready for production in the first half of next year, and the Intel 18A, promised for the second half of 2025, in the second half of next year. Of course, the question is what all this means in terms of series production, since according to the roadmap, even Intel 4 is ready for production, so that at the moment not a single chip made with an earlier production technology is available on the market.

It will also be interesting to see where Intel 3 (which actually also covers 7nm manufacturing technology) will be crammed in, which according to the original schedule could be ready for production in the second half of 2023.