Intel Arrow Lake to be made elsewhere as 20A process node canned

Surprising news about Intel continues to emerge with the chipmaker vowing to use an external foundry in place of its own 20A process to make the upcoming Arrow Lake processors, amid talk that Broadcom has rejected Intel's 18A process as not ready for mass production.

The Santa Clara giant posted an update on its website claiming "continued momentum" for its 18A process node, saying it remains "on track for launch in 2025." Intel expects to deliver the Panther Lake client and Clearwater Forest server chips using this technology next year.

Intel also said it is shifting engineering resources from Intel 20A earlier than expected. "With this decision, the Arrow Lake processor family will be built primarily using external partners and packaged by Intel Foundry," wrote Ben Sell, VP of Technology Development.

Arrow Lake was expected to launch before the end of this year, possibly as early as October, and ...