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Rumor: TSMC to start production of Intel Core i3 CPUs at 5nm in second half of this year – Computer – News

Taiwanese chip manufacturer TSMC will start mass production of Intel CPUs in the second half of this year. Initially it would be Core i3 variants on a 5nm node. Research agency TrendForce claims this on the basis of its own research.

It is not yet clear when the Intel chips produced by TSMC will become available. If mass production starts in the second half of this year, it may still take some time for them to hit the market, because stocks are being built up first, for example. It is also not known which Core i3 processors are involved. According to TrendForce TSMC would also start producing mid-range and high-end processors from Intel in the second half of 2022, on a 3nm node.

Intel has indicated this week that it will be in the second half of this year Alder Lake-processors for desktops and laptops. Intel makes this itself using a 10nm process. In order for these or other Intel CPUs to be made by TSMC on a different process, the design would have to be adjusted.

The research firm further states that Intel has already outsourced the production of 15 to 20 percent of its ‘non-CPU chips’ and that the majority of the orders for this go to TSMC and the smaller, also Taiwanese chip manufacturer UMC. Bloomberg also recently released the story that Intel would be in consultation with TSMC and Samsung for outsourcing part of its production.

Intel has encountered many delays in its new processes in recent years. 10nm production did not get off the ground and Intel wants to quickly switch to 7nm, but delays have also occurred. Intel will announce news about its 7nm process in a presentation to investors on January 21.

Intel will release Alder Lake in the second half of 2021, made on its own 10nm process

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