Having joined Intel at a tough time and doing his best to revive the company before retiring, Pat Gelsinger is yet to see the fruits of his decisions as the chief executive of Intel. However, based on his claims, the 18A process technology — the pinnacle of his five nodes in four years plan — is a success. Being ousted by the board, Gelsinger now has more time to respond to messages on X, which adds some color to what's happening with Intel's node development.
Pat Gelsinger responded to Patrick Moorhead's post claiming that a rebuffed story about Broadcom being disappointed with Intel's 18A due to low yield was 'fake news.' The original story emerged in early September, right after Intel's then-CEO Pat Gelsinger disclosed the defect density (D0) of 18A, which back then was 0.4 def/cm^2.
