Samsung Foundry Renames 3 nm Process to 2 nm Amid Competition with Intel

[Daven]

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Intel 10A (1 nm-class) Node to Enter Mass Production in 2027

Last week at the Intel Foundry Services Connect event, Intel unveiled its Intel 14A foundry node (1.4 nm-class), to succeed its Intel 18A and Intel 20A nodes, with mass production on this node expected to commence in 2026. It turns out that there is an even more advanced node Intel is working...

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I can’t wait for Intel to change its node names again for marketing purposes so many commenters in that thread will have to admit that units of measurements have nothing to do with it.

Lolololol!

 

[dyonoctis]

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Intel 10A (1 nm-class) Node to Enter Mass Production in 2027

Last week at the Intel Foundry Services Connect event, Intel unveiled its Intel 14A foundry node (1.4 nm-class), to succeed its Intel 18A and Intel 20A nodes, with mass production on this node expected to commence in 2026. It turns out that there is an even more advanced node Intel is working...

www.techpowerup.com

I can’t wait for Intel to change its node names again for marketing purposes so many commenters in that thread will have to admit that units of measurements have nothing to do with it.

Lolololol!

…But Intel made it clear that the new naming scheme was only to align themselves with TSMC. IIRC Pat himself said that TSMC is the current benchmark. Where did those people got that story about Intel naming being accurate as a unit of measurement on the silicon ?

 

[Minus Infinity]

Samsung rep "sure cough it's cough 2nm"

Just playing the Intel 20A game. They are all shameful. No global standards no truth in advertising, it's the wild west in chip world.

 

[trsttte]

Pffft they think they can compete in the name game with Intel?
That's a hold my beer category for them

To be fair Intel tried to come up with more accurate measures in the past (back when they were leading), no one cared and they were "forced" to join the bullshit after falling behind in marketing terms - which together with the cpu design part also struggling was a big problem.

 

[outpt]

Well, I guess marketing justifies ridiculousness....

Someone needs a job

 

[Prima.Vera]

As SemiAccurate linked in the first sentence, there are credible rumors that Intel is going to rename their upcoming 7nm process to 5nm in order to align with the current norms of the foundries. This is a monumentally bad idea. No, we will just say it is just flat out stupid and Intel will lose even more credibility without the hope of gain even if they can point to everyone else and say, “We are just doing what they did to avoid consumer confusion”. There are probably even studies to say how this will help their products on the store shelves, but the end result will be the opposite.

Why? You are fighting with a group that doesn’t care about the rules. If you rename your 7 to 5 to line up with their 5, they can just rename their 5 to 3. Why not, it isn’t based on reality any more. Each foundry PDK update can move the names up to what should be a real full node shrink. Do you think Samsung’s marketing team will lose any sleep over calling their 5+nm node 3nm to make it look like they are ahead of Intel? Intel is chasing a moving target and the competition is faster and in some cases far less ethical, they will lose every time.

Scumbag Samsung and TMSC...

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[N/A]

Why do that. Was it ever on par with N3 and intel 4 even. Perhaps there are similarities and N2 is 16% denser and sram barely

 

[stimpy88]

When you can't compete, and your company has no morals, just trick your customers into thinking you have something you don't. In the meantime, Samsung copies all the designs you send to them. Lovely!

 

[Vayra86]

And I'll rename my idleness to hard work.

Wait, you didn't do this yet?

Marketing works both ways bud. Get with the program
Its my way of raising the middle finger to corporate, one of the many actually

When you can't compete, and your company has no morals, just trick your customers into thinking you have something you don't. In the meantime, Samsung copies all the designs you send to them. Lovely!

ARghehmIcroLEDHmhmhm

Sorry, something stuck in my throat there

To be fair Intel tried to come up with more accurate measures in the past (back when they were leading)

Hammer + nail right there

 

[AusWolf]

Wait, you didn't do this yet?

Marketing works both ways bud. Get with the program
Its my way of raising the middle finger to corporate, one of the many actually

You don't have to raise any finger (the middle one included) in a world where corporations openly admit that they don't want any real work done, just the illusion of it by paying their employees by the hour.