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Amid an operational crisis, Intel has abandoned its "5 Nodes in 4 Years" plan, shelving the Intel 20A process node to focus entirely on the more advan...
As I've stated elsewhere, Intel has not abandoned 5N4Y. The development work on 20A had to be completed (or nearly so) since others on this site have stated that 18A is a refinement of the 20A plan. I believe Pat Gelsinger's plan to do a small production run on 20A as a proof point was short sighted as it did not allow for the possibility of the financial well running dry as it seems to have done. But from a development perspective of providing the necessary learning to enable 18A it would seem that the 20A process did what it needed to do. Much like Intel 4 laid the groundwork for Intel 3. Why waste your very limited supply of cash on something that would likely cost you more to ramp than you were likely to recoup?
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