Earlier today (24th July 2020), Intel revealed its earnings for the second quarter of 2020. During the announcement, the known chipmaker also stated that its 7nm CPUs are being delayed by another 6 months and may now release in late 2022 or early 2023.
The delay now sets back the previously revealed release date, which means that its yields for the 7nm process are now 12 months behind the company’s originally planned roadmap target. In other words, the company is still not able to produce 7nm chips in an “economically viable way,” according to TomsHardware.
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Box Swan, Intel CEO, said that the company had found a “defect mode” in its 7nm process. This caused yield degradation issues, as a result of which, the company had to invest in “contingency plans.” These plans also included third part foundries for its upcoming 7nm Ponte Vecchio GPUs that are the company’s first discrete graphics cards, which the company said will arrive in late 2021 or early 2022; showcasing another delay from the original 2021 launch.
Furthermore, Intel will also be launching its 7nm server CPUs (Granite Rapids) in 2023 that was originally listed for launch in 2022. This is especially concerning considering its primary rival AMD, has already made the shift to 7nm, and the current Intel roadmap will have Team Red’s EPYC server CPUs shift to 5nm before the end of 2022. Although, Team Blue will be launching the commercial 10nm desktop CPUs (Alder Lake) for laptops and PCs in the second half of 2021.
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