Intel 4 Process Is Production-Ready, Pushing Towards 18A In 2024 With First Test Chips Already Produced

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Intel introduced its process node fabrication strategy a few years ago with an aggressive outline of hitting the 1nm process by 2025. The company has made many strides over the last year and a half, with the 7nm process available in the 12th and 13th generation core processors (Alder Lake and Raptor Lake series). The company has now revealed that it's ready to begin production and manufacturing of the next process technology, Intel 4, starting immediately.

President of Intel China's Research Institute, Song Jiqiang, revealed at a recent meeting that the newest Intel 4 process is ready for manufacturing. Intel 4 is the successor to Intel 7 and will be incorporated into the next generation, codenamed Meteor Lake. The new 14th-generation core processors using the latest Intel 4 process technology are expected to be available in the second half of this year.

Song continued to discuss that Intel 3 process technology and the following 20A / 18A process technologies are proceeding forward as planned by the company in its attempts at providing swift competition to semiconductor leaders, such as TSMC and Samsung.

"The 3nm programs are on track, both that with TSMC as well as our internal Intel 3 programs Granite Rapids and Sierra Forest in particular," said Gelsinger at the company's Intel Capital Allocation Update conference call. "I am somewhat amazed by some of these rumor mill discussions that come out. You might notice there were similar ones on Intel 4 a few months ago, and also with some of our other TSMC programs, which were patently false at the time as well."

Intel CEO, Pat Gelsinger (via Tomshardware)

Intel 20A, which is the company's 2nm process technology, and 18A, the lecture for the company's 1.8nm process, are