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Key performance and density metrics are always worth comparing
although it is sometimes hard to get directly comparable numbers
when you parse through the fine print and unstated conditions and
assumptions.

If I remember correctly, Samsung 14nm was pretty close to Intel 14nm. I would suppose that Samsung 10 nm will be significantly denser than Intel 14nm. Maybe Intel 10nm will be slightly denser, but we'll have to wait for leaks of process details. So, Samsung may be quicker with 10nm, Intel may be denser - let's call it a draw.

In the end, what matters really, is what you make out of it. Can you support foundry customers in making the most dense and highest performance products in the market? Intel can't, so far, that's clear. Samsung is learning and they clearly expressed their ambition to expand the foundry business away from just mobile APs to more generic applications, like automotive, IoT and such. TSMC finally gets real competition. Intel could do the same, but that would require to finally execute