Intel CTO tells Dwarkesh Patel the world lacks tools to 10x chip output
He says Intel has already caught up with TSMC on technology, though not on scale. He also says selling Intel’s flash memory business was, in hindsight, probably bad timing.
Via TNW | Semiconductors
Intel could not make 10 times more leading-edge wafers even if it wanted to, says its chief technology officer, Pushkar Ranade. The world lacks the chipmaking tools. Doubling output is about the limit, he told Dwarkesh Patel on the Dwarkesh Podcast. Patel filmed the episode during a two-day tour of Intel’s most advanced fab in Oregon.
Patel asked whether the world had enough tools for Intel to make 10 times as many leading-edge wafers.
“Not 10X, but probably 2X, yes,”…
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