Intel Vice President: the process yield of Intel 4 is higher than expected and pays more attention to "energy efficiency" than Intel 7

Thank CTOnews.com netizens soft media Xinyou 1933769 for the clue delivery! CTOnews.com August 23 news, in a group interview held in Penang, Malaysia on the 22nd local time, William Grimm, vice president of Intel Logic Development, said that the yield of the Intel 4 process (CTOnews.com Note: former 7nm) was higher than expected, which he was full of confidence.

Intel 4 is the first Intel process to use extreme Ultraviolet (EUV). According to the reverse engineering data provided by IC Knowledge, the performance of Intel 4 process is better than that of TSMC 5nm and close to 3nm process, but William insists that "it is very difficult to compare Intel 4 with existing nodes in other contract factories, so it only implements its own PPA with reference to external benchmarks".

"through EUV, we can control the complexity of the process," and "We have successfully achieved higher production than expected," he said.

According to William Grimm, the Intel 4 node is a process with a special focus on energy efficiency. "if the Intel 7 process is focused on maximizing performance, then Intel 4 is focused on improving energy efficiency," and "it is more suitable for applications such as laptops."

He also said that "[EUV capacity] has sufficient guarantees to meet market demand" and that "plans for the next few years, such as Intel 3, have been identified."