With the official launch of its new Core Ultra 300-series of processors going very well so far, Intel's latest process node, 18A, appears to be a successful endeavour. We won't know for certain until all the benchmarks come out, of course, but regardless of how good it is, Intel isn't rushing to gear up its next-gen 14A foundries to push out mountains of wafers.
And that's straight from the horse's mouth, David Zinser (Intel's chief financial officer) to be specific. In response to a query about concerns over not being aggressive enough in placing orders with suppliers like TSMC, during Intel's conference call yesterday (transcript via Seeking Alpha), Zinser offered a reply that didn't directly address the question but still made Intel's position clear.
