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Intel Reportedly Set To Ease CPU Shortage By June
Intel Set To Catch-Up On Processor Production If there has been one major issue dogging Intel over the last 6-12 months, it’s the fact that the company has been really struggling to produce enough processors to meet their market demand. This is largely based upon the companies focus towards their…
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Intel CPU Roadmap Leaked – To Continue Using 14nm Well Into 2021
14nm “Rocket Lake” Alongside 10nm “Tiger Lake” A massive leak of Intel‘s 2018 to 2021 roadmap has surfaced, courtesy of Tweakers.net. It shows not only the chip company’s plans for their desktop, but laptop processors as well. Considering the underwhelming, and unusually quiet launch of the latest 9th gen CPUs,…
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Intel CPU Shortages Expected to Continue Through Q2 2019
Supply Problem Persists Analysts Suggest In case you think Intel CPUs are in short supply now, the problem is apparently only going to get worse. This is according to analysts at DigiTimes Research who expect Intel CPUs’ supply gap to grow 1-2pp sequentially in the second quarter of 2019. Worse,…
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Chinese Fab SMIC Will Start 14nm Production in 2019
SMIC Will Deliver 14nm SoC in 1H 2019 When it comes to major processor fabs, Intel, Samsung, TSMC, GlobalFoundries and IBM are the leaders. Over the years, the various smaller fabs have consolidated into these giants. Due to the massive expense and expertise involved, even these fabs have troubles sometimes…
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AMD Amends Wafer Supply Agreement With GlobalFoundries
AMD Secures Changes to Wafer Supply Agreement In their latest Q4 2018 earnings report, AMD provided a number of updates for the company. One of the ongoing issues is the Wafer Supply Agreement with GlobalFoundries. The two firms have a long history between the two of them that stretches back…
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Intel Gemini Lake CPUs Coming In Short Supply
Intel Gemini Lake Shipments Slipping Over the past couple of months, Intel has been struggling with a CPU supply shortage. As has been widely reported, the delays to 10nm have had a ripple effect on 14nm production. Due to demand outstripping supply, the company has had to make tough choices…
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Intel May Sacrifice Retail Supply to Please OEMs
Intel Will Prioritize OEM Shipments Since the start of Q3 2018, Intel has been suffering from a major CPU shortage. Intel’s 14nm supply has been oversubscribed due to problems with 10nm. After admitting to the problem, the company promised to do more to fix the problem. Despite that, the company…
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Intel Reportedly Set To Begin Outsourcing 7nm Chip Production
Intel Reportedly Set To Begin Outsourcing 7nm Chip Production It’s not unusual, when a company finds itself under extreme pressure, to outsource some of the work. It’s something that’s used in business every day. When it comes to a company like Intel though, there are going to be more than…
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Intel Splits Manufacturing Division Into 3 Groups
Intel Shakes Up Manufacturing Group Over the past couple of months, things have not been going that well at Intel. The main problems are coming in from their manufacturing group, with delays to 10nm and shortages of 14nm chips. Despite the issues, the company has been chugging along financially. However, the…
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Intel Denies Rumour About Cancellation of 10nm Process
Intel Claims 10nm is “Making Good Progress” Once upon a time, Intel was the undisputed leader in the silicon foundry business. With the tick-tock strategy, a new process node rolled out every 2 years. However, since the start of 14nm, things have slowed down dramatically. 10nm has been even worse,…
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Intel’s Likely Lineup For October 8th Event
Intel Expected to Launch Broad Spectrum of CPUs In just over 8 hours, Intel will be launching their new desktop CPU lineup. The new 9th Generation of chips is the company’s full answer to the challenge posed by AMD’s Ryzen. So far, we’ve already seen a number of leaks for…
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AMD To Announce 7nm Processors and GPU’s At CES 2019
AMD To Announce 7nm Processors and GPU’s At CES 2019 With Intel set to release their brand new processors in the next few weeks, it’s been fairly well documented how the company is struggling to get enough 12 and 14nm chips into the factory. The shortage is so acute that…
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Compal Reveals Intel Shortage Expected to Last Till 2H 2019
Compal Concerned About Extended Intel Shortage Over the past month or so, the Intel shortage has only managed to get worse. So far, reports have indicated that the shortage would last until sometime in 2019. Most reports have suggested that the shortage would end sometime in early 2019. However, more…
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Interim Intel CEO Pens Open Letter to Address Supply Concerns
Supply Update from Intel CFO and Interim CEO Robert Swan In case you have not been paying attention to Intel in the news lately, the company has been facing several issues which are affecting their output. The first problem began when they had to push back 10nm production, requiring them…
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Intel Ramp Up More 14nm Chip Testing Resources
Intel Points Finger at Testing Resources Due to issues with the 10n process, Intel has been struggling with a 14nm shortage. In the past month or so, the shortages have gotten pretty bad. So far, reports have indicated that the shortages are due to lack of 14nm production capacity. In…
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