Intel's Latest Chipset Production Delayed Until 2022

JAKARTA - Intel is facing problems in producing its newest chipset. As a result, the presence of new Intel processors with the 7nm chipsest fabrication will be postponed until 2022.

In fact, the presence of a chipset with a 7nm fabrication is planned to be released in late 2021. However, due to production problems, the presence of this new chipset will be postponed until an undetermined time.

"The presence of our 7nm-based CPU products has shifted about six months from the previous estimate. With the possibility of new production starting 12 months from the company's target," said Intel CEO Bob Swan, as quoted by Gizmodo, Friday, July 24.

This means that Intel does not release its newest chipset to the public until the end of 2022 or early 2023. Explained Swan, this delay occurs when the production of 7nm-based CPUs experiences a 'defect mode', which decreases the quality of goods.

Prior to this, Intel had also experienced production delays when releasing processors with 10nm fabrication. However, Intel is still kind enough to announce the 11th generation processor nicknamed 'Tiger Lake'. This chipset will be the successor to the 10th generation Intel Core Ice Lake, using a 10nm ++ CPU fabrication and is planned to be released at the end of 2020.

Meanwhile, in the second half of 2021, Intel hopes to present a new line of CPUs codenamed "Alder Lake". This will include the first 10nm based desktop CPUs and server CPUs coded "Sapphire Rapids".

On the other hand, Intel's competitor, AMD, has released its newest processor with the Zen 2 architecture which uses 7nm fabrication, since mid-2019 through Ryzen 3,000. AMD is also developing new CPUs with smaller fabrications before the end of 2022.