Intel has just announced the establishment of Intel Foundry, a new systems foundry company that aims to be more sustainable and geared towards the AI age. The company also unveiled an updated process roadmap that aims to secure its leadership position in the latter half of the decade.

Intel's extended process technology roadmap adds Intel 14A to the company's leading-edge node plan and several specialised node evolutions. Intel also affirmed that its ambitious five-nodes-in-four-years (5N4Y) process roadmap remains on track and will deliver the industry's first backside power solution. Company leaders expect Intel will regain process leadership with Intel 18A in 2025.

The new roadmap includes evolutions for Intel 3 (3-T, 3-E and 3-PT), Intel 18A (18A-P) and Intel 14A (14A-E) process technologies. Also highlighted are mature process nodes, including new 12-nm nodes expected through the joint development with UMC. These evolutions are designed to enable customers to develop and deliver products tailored to their specific needs. Intel Foundry plans a new node every two years, followed by their respective node evolutions.

Intel Foundry has also added Intel Foundry FCBGA 2D+ to its extensive ASAT portfolio, which currently includes FCBGA 2D, EMIB, Foveros, and Foveros Direct.

Intel's ecosystem partners, including Synopsys, Cadence, Siemens, Ansys, Lorentz, and Keysight, have announced tool qualification and IP readiness to enable customers to accelerate advanced chip designs on Intel 18A. These companies have also confirmed EDA and IP capabilities across Intel node generations. Furthermore, several manufacturers have announced their intention to work together on assembly technologies and design processes for Intel's embedded multi-die interconnect bridge (EMIB) 2.5D packaging.

In addition to all the above, Intel also announced its “Emerging Business Initiative” with Arm, which aims to provide foundry services for Arm-based SoCs. Lastly, during Pat Gelsinger's lecture, Microsoft's CEO, Satya Nadella, stated that the company has chosen a chip design that will be produced using the Intel 18A process.

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KitGuru says: Of all the new nodes Intel showed in its new roadmap, which ones do you think the company will use to power its mainstream CPUs and GPUs?

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