Soleron on 04 April 2013
For everyone except Intel, it is as he says "no longer economical to produce" twice the transistor density every two years.
Intel had 22nm in 2012
TSMC will have 22nm in 2013
Globalfoundries/Samsung will have 22nm in 2014
Everyone else has given up. 5 years ago more than 20 companies had the latest process node.
So with NO COMPETITION, Intel may find it economical to slow down the pace of new nodes. Despite new technology it may be more profitable to wait. Moore's law isn't about what CAN be done.
Also AMD is extremely dead because their CPU tech is no longer competitive and their manufacturing via GF will be two years behind Intel even if that wasn't the case.
