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Intel Tock-Ticks Chipsets Back to 22nm [tomshardware.com]

We've confirmed through multiple sources that Intel is fabbing its new H310C chipset on its 22nm process. That means the chip-making giant has taken a step back to an older process for the H310C chipset as it struggles with its ongoing shortage of 14nm processors. Contrary to recent reports, our sources confirmed Intel manufactures these chips and not TSMC (which has been reported in recent weeks [tomshardware.com]), though that could be subject to change in the future.

The shift in Intel's strategy comes as the company struggles with the fallout from its chronically delayed 10nm process [tomshardware.com]. Now the company is dealing with an increasingly loud chorus of reports that Intel's 14nm shortage is now impacting its server, desktop [tomshardware.com] and mobile chips [tomshardware.com].

[...] Intel typically produces chipsets on a larger node than its current-gen processors, but the delayed 10nm production has found both chipsets and chips on the same 14nm node, creating a manufacturing bottleneck as the company experiences record demand for 14nm processors.

Related: Intel's "Tick-Tock" Strategy Stalls, 10nm Chips Delayed [soylentnews.org]
Intel's First 8th Generation Processors Are Just Updated 7th Generation Chips [soylentnews.org]
Intel Delays Mass Production Of 10 nm CPUs To 2019 [soylentnews.org]

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