judgecorp writes “Intel has put back the delivery of its 14nm Broadwell desktop chip by a quarter because of a manufacturing issue, that leaves it with too high a density of defects. The problem has been fixed, says CEO Brian Krzanich, who says “This happens sometimes in development phases”.” The good news is that it is just a defect density issue. A first round of tweaks failed to increase yield, but Intel seems to think a few more improvements to the 14nm process will result in acceptable yield…. judgecorp writes “Intel has put back the delivery of its 14nm Broadwell desktop chip by a quarter because of a manufacturing issue, that leaves it with too high a density of defects. The problem has been fixed, says CEO Brian Krzanich, who says “This happens sometimes in development phases”.” The good news is that it is just a defect density issue. A first round of tweaks failed to increase yield, but Intel seems to think a few more improvements to the 14nm process will result in acceptable yield.
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