Intel has announced that it is delaying the launch date of its 7-nanometer (7nm) chips for PCs. The announcement came during its 2020 second-quarter earnings report, attributing the delay to a defect.
The company says the 7nm-based CPU product timing is set back by about six months because the yield of the 7nm process is now 12 months behind its internal schedule.
Intel also says it’s “accelerating its transition to 10nm products” in 2020, because of an increase in demand.
“We have identified a defect mode in our 7nm process that resulted in yield degradation. We’ve root-caused the issue and believe there are no fundamental roadblocks, but we have also invested in contingency plans to hedge against further schedule uncertainty,” Intel CEO Bob Swan said in a statement.
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At the moment, the 7-nanometer process is the most advanced method of technology for manufacturing device chips. In order to push the semiconductor manufacturing process to further achieve better battery life and performance means Intel has to shrink the transistor component.
Intel still uses 10nm, while Qualcomm and Apple have had 7-nanometer chips since 2018. AMD also has its own 7nm chips.
Apple’s A12 Bionic chip became the world’s first mass-produced 7nm processor when it launched in September 2018.
In related news, Intel reported $19.7 billion in revenue and a net income of $5.1 billion for the second quarter of 2020.
Its PC business also surged by 7% when compared with the same quarter in 2020. The rise is being attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic, which has forced many to work and learn from home. Intel also recorded an increase in laptop sales while its desktop sales declined.
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