Why Intel Leads the World In Semiconductor Manufacturing

MrSeb writes "When Intel launched Ivy Bridge last week, it didn't just release a new CPU — it set a new record. By launching 22nm parts at a time when its competitors (TSMC and GlobalFoundries) are still ramping their own 32/28nm designs, Intel gave notice that it's now running a full process node ahead of the rest of the semiconductor industry. That's an unprecedented gap and a fairly recent development; the company only began pulling away from the rest of the industry in 2006, when it launched 65nm. With the help of Mark Bohr, Senior Intel Fellow and the Director of Process Architecture and Integration, this article explains how Intel has managed to pull so far ahead."

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Re:Intel makes for awesome Linux boxes.

[Anonymous Coward]

Do you work for Intel's marketing department?

Competing with ARM...

[Bert64]

A while ago Intel stated they were intending to keep at least one process shrink ahead of everyone else because it was the only way they could compete with ARM...

Personally i find this despicable and extremely arrogant, pushing their own inferior architecture and holding everyone back when they could be making ARM chips that were superior to everyone else's. Recent benchmarks show their latest low power atom chips are barely competitive with last year's ARM designs (and wouldnt be competitive at all if built on the same process)...