So, Intel has bet the farm on its upcoming 18A node. Meanwhile, the company just doubled down on what was supposedly an ultra-aggressive existing roadmap by revealing plans for a new 10A or 1nm process in 2027. But here's the thing. In terms of products you can actually buy, Intel has achieved scarily little since Pat Gelsinger arrived and subsequently rolled out the so-called "IDM 2.0" master plan.
Just to recap, IDM 2.0 was the new strategy Intel unveiled just under three years ago. The IDM bit spells out Integrated Device Manager and the top-level ideas involved reasserting its leadership position in chip design and manufacture and then carving out an additional role as a major provider of chip foundry services to third parties, including rivals such as AMD and Nvidia.
