Intel might axe the 18A process node for foundry customers, essentially leaving TSMC with no rival — Intel reportedly to focus on 14A (Updated)

Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan is weighing whether to stop offering the company's 18A technology to external clients and instead focus on the next-generation 14A process, a move that could withdraw Intel from the broad foundry market for several years.

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/intel-might-axe-the-18a-process-node-for-foundry-customers-essentially-leaving-tsmc-with-no-rival-intel-reportedly-to-focus-on-14a

Created 2mo | Jul 2, 2025, 7:10:07 PM


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