Intel Tackles Voracious 14nm CPU Demand With New Vietnam Copy-Exactly Fab

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by Brandon Hill — Sunday, September 23, 2018

Intel has some potential trouble on its hands. The company warned about potential supply issues with its 14nm processors as early as July, when it announced its Q2 2018 earnings. At the time, the company said that its delayed 10nm processors had resulted in unanticipated additional demand for its 14nm processors.

These shortages have affected all of Intel's processor lines (server, desktop, notebooks), including its newly released Whiskey Lake notebook processors. Luckily for Intel, it has a backup plan. The company announced this month in a support document [PDF] that it is shifting some of its 14nm products testing to one of its facilities in Vietnam to alleviate some bottlenecks. The Vietnamese facility is operating under Intel's Copy Exactly! program, which ensures that the same production and testing procedures used at Intel's other mainline facilities are adhered to.

According to Intel, sourcing is processors from multiple production sites has a number of benefits including "faster production ramps that improve product availability and improved consistency to quality performance."


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[baapu]

The company announced this month in a support document [PDF] that it is shifting some of its 14nm products testing to one of its facilities in Vietnam to alleviate some bottlenecks.

What would they be doing? is it finished silicon testing or packaged chips testing & grading?

In either case kudos to technology progress in Vietnam.

 

[hoangsa74]

What would they be doing? is it finished silicon testing or packaged chips testing & grading?

In either case kudos to technology progress in Vietnam.

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/architecture-and-technology/global-manufacturing.html

 

[Fawadqasim1]

14 nm is an nearly obsolete process.

 

[gambit]

14 nm is an nearly obsolete process.

I take it you speak from extensive personal experience in semicon manufacturing?

So question for you...

How does node affect functional and parametric testing at the device level?

 

[Nan Yang]

What would they be doing? is it finished silicon testing or packaged chips testing & grading?

In either case kudos to technology progress in Vietnam.

Sounds like just the backend wafer probe testing operation.

To open a Fab you need very very good infrastructure. Facility infrastructure.

 

[baapu]

Sounds like just the backend wafer probe testing operation.

To open a Fab you need very very good infrastructure. Facility infrastructure.

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/architecture-and-technology/global-manufacturing.html

that link provides the information.

 

[Type59]

Vietnam taking manufacturing jobs from "ally" India. Congratulations Vietnam.

 

[Nan Yang]

that link provides the information.

Link show a assembly and final test site in Vietnam. Wafer probe is usually done in the backend of the waferfab not in an assembly and final test site.
Opening article mention a bottle neck at Intel waferfab. Transferring or additional wafer probe operation in Vietnam would make sense.

 

[rambro]

Vietnam taking manufacturing jobs from "ally" India. Congratulations Vietnam.

They are fighting for the same piece of pie.
Eventually.

 

[gambit]

Wafer probe is usually done in the backend of the waferfab not in an assembly and final test site.

Wrong. Be very careful before you respond.

 

[Nan Yang]

Vietnam taking manufacturing jobs from "ally" India. Congratulations Vietnam.

I don't think there is any semiconductor manufacturing in India. I dont think even an assembly and final test site. Definitely no waferfab.

 

[Viet]

14 nm is an nearly obsolete process.

is not. modem of new iphone has intel 14nm inside.

Link show a assembly and final test site in Vietnam. Wafer probe is usually done in the backend of the waferfab not in an assembly and final test site.
Opening article mention a bottle neck at Intel waferfab. Transferring or additional wafer probe operation in Vietnam would make sense.

as per announcement, intel plans to construct a new manufacturing site in Vietnam (in addition to the exising testing site). that is new. that is the "Copy Exactly!" strategy of Intel.

 

[Fawadqasim1]

is not. modem of new iphone has intel 14nm inside.

will be completely obsolete with in a year 7 nm process is in vogue now.

 

[Viet]

will be completely obsolete with in a year 7 nm process is in vogue now.

nonsense. nobody will throw iphone into the trash bin, just because a new generation is coming.