Submission + - Intel: reveling in past glories (blog.ameri.coffee)
a.ameri writes: Intel's first FinFET-based node was their 22nm node, which reached the market in the form of Ivy Bridge in late 2011. TSMC's equivalent node was supposed to be 20nm, but TSMC used planar transistors in their 20nm node which ended up with very high voltage leak and poor overall performance. Only a few products etched on TSMC's 20nm ever made it to the market (my original Nvidia Shield being one of them) and the node was quickly discontinued. TSMC could only bring FinFETs to market in 2016 when their 16nm node (which was basically their 20nm node but with FinFET transistors) reached high-volume production.
To put it simply, when Brian Krzanich became the CEO of Intel in 2013, Intel was more than 4 years ahead of its nearest competitor. By the time the decade was out, Intel was years behind. Brian Krzanich destroyed Intel in more ways than one.
To put it simply, when Brian Krzanich became the CEO of Intel in 2013, Intel was more than 4 years ahead of its nearest competitor. By the time the decade was out, Intel was years behind. Brian Krzanich destroyed Intel in more ways than one.
