3nm process, mass production in the first half of next year, it is reported that Intel Lunar Lake chips are manufactured by TSMC.

CTOnews.com, November 22, according to Ji Bang Consulting, Intel has placed an 3nm process order with TSMC for the production of the upcoming Lunar Lake chip, marking the first time that TSMC has become the exclusive manufacturer of Intel's mainstream notebook CPU.

TSMC and Intel had no comment.

According to the technical details previously exposed, TSMC will be responsible for producing three key Lunar Lake chips for Intel, including the CPU, GPU and NPU, all using the 3nm process.

In addition, it is reported that TSMC will be responsible for the production of high-speed I / O (PCH) chips using a 5-nm process and will begin mass production in the first half of next year.

Intel broke with the tradition of CPU, the mainstream internal production platform, and its decision to outsource to TSMC hinted at potential cooperation in the future.

CTOnews.com Note: unlike the previous two generations of Intel notebook platforms, Lunar Lake integrates CPU, GPU and NPU into system on Chip (SoC).

Then the advanced Foveros technology of Intel is used in the package, combined with SoC and high-speed I / O chips, and DRAM LPDDR5x and two advanced packaging chips are packaged on the same IC substrate.