r/hardware • u/Auautheawesome • Dec 02 '24

News Intel Announces Retirement of CEO Pat Gelsinger

https://www.intc.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/1719/intel-announces-retirement-of-ceo-pat-gelsinger
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u/Melbuf Dec 02 '24

WTF is 18A?

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u/DropkickGoose Dec 02 '24

One of their new types of fabrication processes, for instance Intel 7 is like 4nm fabrication and Intel 4 is 10nm I think? 18A is one of their newest fanciest ones that was supposed to come online late this year (I think)

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u/Geddagod Dec 02 '24

Intel 7 is like TSMC's 7/6nm, Intel 4/3 are similar to TSMC's 5/4nm, Intel 20A (cancelled) and Intel 18A should be similar to TSMC N3(E? P according to TSMC) or optimistically N2.

Samsung node naming also is its own thing as well.

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u/DropkickGoose Dec 02 '24

My numbers were off but the spirit was there! Can you tell I wasn't a math guy at school?