Not really. 7nm and 10nm are just marketing names. Intel's 10nm (if it ever comes out) seems comparable to TSMC's 7nm (TSMC is the company Apple uses to build iPhone chips).
This is more of TSMC pulling ahead of everyone. No one has a working next-generation fabrication process yet aside from TSMC. Intel is delaying 10nm, Samsung is delaying 7nm, and GloFo is literally out of the race. They gave up.
>Update October 22, 2018@3:30pm: Intel has denied ending 10nm on Twitter. The full tweet is, “Media reports published today that Intel is ending work on the 10nm process are untrue. We are making good progress on 10nm. Yields are improving consistent with the timeline we shared during our last earnings report.” SemiAccurate stands by its reporting.
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[ 1.4 ms ] story [ 24.5 ms ] threadThis is more of TSMC pulling ahead of everyone. No one has a working next-generation fabrication process yet aside from TSMC. Intel is delaying 10nm, Samsung is delaying 7nm, and GloFo is literally out of the race. They gave up.
>Update October 22, 2018@3:30pm: Intel has denied ending 10nm on Twitter. The full tweet is, “Media reports published today that Intel is ending work on the 10nm process are untrue. We are making good progress on 10nm. Yields are improving consistent with the timeline we shared during our last earnings report.” SemiAccurate stands by its reporting.
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