I think they're supporting a more standard toolchain starting with 18A.
I think they're supporting a more standard toolchain starting with 18A.
https://www.anandtech.com/show/21504/intel-18a-status-update...
"For Intel, getting an external PDK out for a leading-edge process node is no small feat, as the company has spent decades operating its fabs for the benefit of its internal product design teams. A useful PDK for external customers – and really, a useful fab environment altogether – not only needs process nodes that stick to their specifications rather than making bespoke adjustments, but it means that Intel needs to document and define all of this in a useful, industry standard fashion. One of the major failings of Intel’s previous efforts to get into the contract foundry business, besides being half-hearted efforts overall, is that they didn’t author PDKs that external companies could easily use. "
But some bad news today:
https://www.reuters.com/technology/intel-manufacturing-busin...