It is reported that Intel has made a bilateral bet on Nova Lake processor technology: it is expected to adopt Intel 14A and has also opened a case with TSMC

News from this site on August 6. According to Taiwanese media "Business Times", Intel has started a project with TSMC for future Nova Lake consumer-grade processors. At the same time, it is also internally observing the development progress of Intel's 14A process and evaluating the feasibility of using its own process. .

Intel has not officially announced Nova Lake processors. According to previous reports on this site, internal Dell documents exposed in August 2023 showed that Dell believed that Nova Lake would be the next generation product after Panther Lake and was expected to be released in the fourth quarter of 2026 to the first quarter of 2027.

▲ Dell’s internal roadmap, the part boxed in the lower right is Nova Lake. Image source VideoCardz

And Intel 14A is Intel’s first generation process node to introduce High NA EUV lithography and is expected to be mass-produced in 2026. The transistor logic density of Intel 14A is 20% higher than that of Intel 18A, and the energy efficiency is 15% higher than that of Intel 18A.

However, Intel is the first to introduce the High NA lithography process in the 14A node industry, which also means that Intel needs to overcome many emerging technical difficulties and face severe challenges without precedents to follow.

Taiwanese media believe that Intel has adopted a bilateral bet strategy on the manufacturing process of Nova Lake processors, which can maintain the stability of CPU products and give its own foundry business opportunities to practice.

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