Losing a big market with Apple starting to produce its own Silicon chip, Intel is developing its 14th generation “Meteor Lake” series to follow in the footsteps of Apple M1. How will TSMC’s 14th generation processors be produced with 5nm technology?
Intel adopts 5nm technology for 14th generation
According to DigiTimes, Intel has moved to catch up with Apple’s M1 series chips. The company plans to manufacture 14th generation “Meteor Lake” Core processors using TSMC’s 5nm process. This is particularly notable as it is an architecture currently used by Apple’s M1 chips.
Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger previously stated that Meteor Lake processors will be produced with its own 7nm architecture called “Intel 4”. The CEO stated that Meteor Lake products will be the first to be built using Intel 4, and prototypes have been tested on Windows 11 and Linux.
However, Intel seems to have changed their plans after TSMC’s 5nm architecture. Sources told DigiTimes that Intel will work with TSMC, Apple’s chip partner, on Meteor Lake CPUs.
The technology giant will adopt the 5nm technology in Apple’s M1 chips designed for Mac, instead of the 7nm architecture it will produce with the Intel 4 process. Apple products produced with TSMC’s 5nm architecture are as follows: A14 Bionic, A15 Bionic, M1, M1 Pro, M1 Max and M1 Ultra.
Meteor Lake chips, which appeared last year, represent a first for Intel. Thanks to the integrated system that the company calls the Intel Foveros package, in a single chipset; It includes an application processor, a graphics processing unit (GPU), and connector chips.
In addition, the agreement between TSMC and Intel is thought to prevent production and sales delays that may occur in the 14th generation.
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