First generation SoFIA will be built on 28nm, not 20nm
....so about equal in density to Intel 22nm TriGate and somewhat less expensive.......still a plus for Intel and no yield issues. Still......one has to admit.............how Intel got themselves into this situation when they have tons of xtra capacity is mind boggling.
First generation SoFIA will be built on 28nm, not 20nm. They go to 14nm after 28nm. Intel never uses 20nm.
Intel doesn't but TSMC is suppose to be ramping 20nm quickly starting about now (Q1). Wouldn't 20nm from TSMC lose a lot less money and be a more desirable chip?......Wouldn't it be pretty dam small as well at 20 nm? Why not port it to 20nm? If the port to 28nm is ready, why not start fabbing them now? Maybe a 20nm TSMC Sofia port would kill 22nm Intel Baytrail/Merrifield all together. How ironic would that be???