Monday, December 5th 2011
Intel Has 14 nm Test Circuits In The Lab, Limited Teaser Info Released
Nordic Hardware has scored an exclusive interview with Pat Bliemer, Managing Director of Intel Northern Europe to discuss the technology following on from the 22 nm one used in the upcoming Ivy Bridge processors. Unfortunately, Bliemer was light on the technical details of this technology and didn't say when it would see the light of day, except to say that it will make fuller use of the Tri-Gate tech being used in the Ivy Bridge processors and that test circuits are running.
We need to keep going and you can trust me that in our labs we actually have the next generation after 22nm running, so we need to keep going.[...]I cannot really disclose more about that other than that in a laboratory-environment, absolutely we do have the path, our engineers do have the path to actually go and produce 14nm products. There are many variables that you can play with of course it is not the right name for it and the engineers would not like it when I say play, that you can influence to actually go and stay to that model. And I think the breakthrough we had now with the 3D metal gates, just the design of the gate will actually allow for much more efficient thermals and power.Back in July, we looked even further ahead and reported that Intel aims to have 10 nm-based processors by 2018 and that the 14 nm tech is due for release around 2014. Watch this space.
39 Comments on Intel Has 14 nm Test Circuits In The Lab, Limited Teaser Info Released
with arms 2016 offerings being more to pc users tastes all in all no one horse race on the horizon plus nv will be making cpu's by 2016 and everyone can use gate last technologies not just intel tri gate ,and what. you think other devs have stood still, that insults the many other chip cos dev department teams im sure they will at least try and compete though it might not even be relevant by 2016 times change and fast.
cant bring myself to change my sys specs though, this pc too poo
OMG I'd expect so... this is constituting News'. :wtf:
This doesn't indicate they've anything that comprises something more than a rudimentary I/O circuit, and then probably nothing more than a proof of concept employing 3D metal gates at that level. Everyone is speculating that by 2014-2015 they'll have working chips… Ah, I’d hope so! Moore's Law@2years or David House "18 months" it's due to repeat we know that!
But, like others say will/should that really be the right direction in 2-3 years? Well that’s the direction Intel wants you to believe and follow. Kind Orwellian-1984 to me, they know what you want? This feels so lock-step with x86… :respect:
Is APU/GPU computing, ARM etc... the revolution?
...Next they'll sell the rest of the UFO for scrap *cough*Xilleon and mobile*cough* to fund another $250k relocation allowance for Rory Read in order to move to Roswell to oversee the fluffy dice product ramp :eek:
intel pretty much has a monopoly. they control the entire industry YET they continue to push out insane chips with even greater degrees of innovation at reasonable prices.