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Intel struggles with key manufacturing process for next PC chip: Report
UNITED STATES, AUG 5 – Intel's 18A process faces yields of just 5% to 10%, well below the 50% needed for profitability, risking losses ahead of its Panther Lake chip launch in late 2025.
- Facing quality issues, Intel Corporation's 18A process for Panther Lake chips is struggling with yields of around 5% to 10%, two sources told Reuters.
- Intel Corporation spent billions developing its 18A process and upgraded factories last year to challenge TSMC, but faces manufacturing challenges, sources say.
- Intel's past approach requires yield levels of 70% to 80% for profitability, with a threshold of over 50% before ramping, sources say.
- Intel warns that it could exit leading-edge manufacturing if it fails to secure foundry deals for 14A, and may sell chips at lower margins or a loss without a yield jump.
- In the broader semiconductor landscape, Intel's yield issues mirror industry challenges, making overcoming 18A critical for revitalizing U.S.-based chip manufacturing and its foundry ambitions.
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Intel has a lot riding on "18A," its next-generation manufacturing process for silicon chips that the company claims will help it catch up to the lead that competitors like TSMC have built up over the last few years. With 18A, Intel would return to manufacturing its own processor designs in its own factories, including the upcoming Series 3 Core Ultra chips for laptops (codenamed Panther Lake), after manufacturing parts of all other Core Ultra c…
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