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Intel's 14nm Broadwell Delayed Because of Low Yield

Posted by Unknown on Thursday October 17, 2013 @08:11AM from the physics-hates-materials-engineers dept.

judgecorp writes "Intel has put back the delivery of its 14nm Broadwell desktop chip by a quarter because of a manufacturing issue that leaves it with too high a density of defects. The problem has been fixed, says CEO Brian Krzanich, who says, 'This happens sometimes in development phases.'" The good news is that it is just a defect density issue. A first round of tweaks failed to increase yield, but Intel seems to think a few more improvements to the 14nm process will result in acceptable yield.

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14 nanometers should be enough for anyone. by Anonymous Coward · 2013-10-17 08:16 · Score: 5, Funny

14 nanometers should be enough for anyone.
640nm ought to be enough for anyone.... by Anonymous Coward · 2013-10-17 08:19 · Score: 0, Funny

Really - why do we keep shrinking these things. 640nm chips worked just fine and probably had fewer defects.
Re:Next steps: 7nm, 1nm (1000pm), 800pm, ... by TechyImmigrant · 2013-10-17 08:50 · Score: 2, Funny

Maybe we could build computers out of Planck planks. They're really small.

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Re:AMD by Anonymous Coward · 2013-10-17 10:05 · Score: 4, Funny

Might explain why I went with an AMD processor, and might get a video card from them soon.
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