AMD could be on 5nm with Zen 4 processors way before Intel reaches 7nm.
Intel has revealed that its 7nm processors have suffered another delay, and won’t hit the market until late 2022 at best, or maybe even early 2023 – when we’ve previously heard on the grapevine that AMD could have Zen 4 CPUs on 5nm before 2022. The news comes as Intel released its financial results for Q2 2020, and in a press release, touched on the launch timing of 7nm CPUs, noting that it’s been hit by a six-month delay in realizing these products. Intel wrote: “The company’s 7nm-based CPU product timing is shifting approximately six months relative to prior expectations. The primary driver is the yield of Intel’s 7nm process, which based on recent data, is now trending approximately twelve months behind the company’s internal target.” Remember that earlier this year – in fact only in March – Intel was saying that its 7nm node would kick off at the tail end of 2021.
