Intel is reviving a 6 year old 22nm chip because they can't make enough 14nm chips. - Yeah, i'd sell my intel stock if i had any

[AN/ALR56]

Intel has resorted to 22nm process technology due to the ongoing shortage of 14nm manufacturing ability. With this, Intel has revived the Haswell-based Pentium G3420 upon the issuance of a Product Change Notification.

22nm In 2019 - Return of Haswell

Over the course of the last year, Intel has had some difficulty keeping up with 14nm manufacturing efforts, and therefore, Intel has resorted to the revival of the Pentium G3420, a 22nm processor launched way back in Q3 2013. Intel has changed the Pentium G3420's status from 'Discontinued' to 'Cancelling this Product Discontinuance completely per new roadmap decision and enabling the product long term once again.'

This revival of the Haswell-based Pentium comes shortly after Dell had accused Intel of reduced overall revenue due to a shortage of processors, and with the Pentium, Intel seems to be focused on pushing any additional products to the market as fast as possible.


Various system manufacturers and OEMs have now tapped AMD as replacements for the lack of Intel chips flowing through the channel, but Intel is working to combat this with the Pentium, though, considering just how old this chip is, this attempt of falling back on a deprecated product may not be overly effective, especially with AMD's newer Athlon 200 and Athlon 3000G processors.

Intel Pentium G3420 Versus AMD Athlon 3000G - Six Years' Difference

The Pentium G3420 will be targeted at low-tier systems, and, sadly, will bring significantly older technology to the market despite being at a similar price of its 14nm counterparts, and in doing so, will be produced until May of 2020. As to why a system integrator would make the decision to use the Pentium G3420 over AMD's Athlon 3000G is questionable.


Both Intel's Pentium G3420 and AMD's Athlon 3000G feature two cores, though AMD's entry-level offering carries an additional two threads over the Pentium due to being enabled with SMT. The Athlon 3000G also features a Radeon Vega 3 iGPU, a significant step up over Bristol Ridge, and significantly more powerful than the Pentium's Intel HD Graphics. The Pentium is also limited to an older socket and DDR3 whereas the Athlon 3000G is compatible with all AM4 motherboards and DDR4, allowing an easy upgrade from the entry-level all the way up to the mighty Ryzen 9 3950X. Another addition to the Athlon is the ability to overclock the chip whereas the Pentium has a locked multiplier.

Amid 14nm Shortage, Intel Breathes Life into 22nm Pentium G3420

Intel has resorted to 22nm process technology due to the ongoing shortage of 14nm manufacturing ability and has revived the Pentium G3420.

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You know the sad part? Wallmart PC clerks will sell those outdated computers more than the AMD part because it's "Intel".

Back in May, Intel unveiled their process roadmap, highlighting their target plans up till 2023 but an even more detailed manufacturing roadmap has been revealed by Anandtech which shows a process roadmap path all the way up to 2029.

Intel Manufacturing Roadmap For The Next 10 Years Unveiled - 7nm in 2021, 5nm in 2023, 3nm in 2025, 2nm in 2027 and 1.4 nm in 2029, Brand New Features and Back Porting

The roadmap is stated to have been unveiled at the IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting by one of Intel's partners who stated that the said slide was first showcased by Intel themselves back in September. Intel already gave us a deep dive of their 7nm process plans but this slide goes even further than that. It's a 10-year roadmap for what's to come so let's see what Intel has to offer us in the coming years.

Intel Unveils 2021-2029 Process Roadmap - 7nm, 5nm, 3nm, 2nm, 1.4nm

Intel's Process roadmap for 2021-2029 has been unveiled, showcasing 10nm, 7nm, 5nm, 3nm, 2nm, 1.4 nm and their respective optimized nodes.

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[The Mass Shooter Ron Soye]

It's embarrassing that they had to reverse the EOL, but if there's a demand for it, they should do it. In 2019, AMD makes Ryzen Embedded on good old 14nm and Excavator mobile chips on 28nm.

In AMD's case, they can make the low-end stuff with GlobalFoundries instead of leaving it all to TSMC. That lets them sell a greater volume of chips.

 

[L50LasPak]

Weird, right?

 

[Cedric_Eff]

Considering Japan is Intel country, this might piss off a lot of enthusiasts in Japan.

 

[AN/ALR56]

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Weird, right?

Yes, but Intel's pride is actively hampering cooperation with other foundries like Samsung and TSMC, which are making those evil 7nm for a while now (TSMC is probably going to switch to 5nm since it has now actually better yields than 7nm).

It's embarrassing that they had to reverse the EOL, but if there's a demand for it, they should do it. In 2019, AMD makes Ryzen Embedded on good old 14nm and Excavator mobile chips on 28nm.

In AMD's case, they can make the low-end stuff with GlobalFoundries instead of leaving it all to TSMC. That lets them sell a greater volume of chips.

Yes, but it seems this chip is going to power Dell consumer products, which is horrifying to me.
Selling brand new PC's with 6 year old stuff inside to some old lady or someone who doesn't understand computers is imoral.

 

[L50LasPak]

I literally know nothing about this issue guys, it was just something humorous I noticed.

 

[WhoBusTank69]

Selling brand new PC's with 6 year old stuff inside to some old lady or someone who doesn't understand computers is imoral.

Someone who's buying a prebuilt PC doesn't know and-or doesn't care what the components are, to be fair. Alienware even gets flak for their costcutting techniques with overly complex towers(or cubes, or dodecahedrons, etc.) to compensate.

 

[Cedric_Eff]

Yes, but Intel's pride is actively hampering cooperation with other foundries like Samsung and TSMC, which are making those evil 7nm for a while now (TSMC is probably going to switch to 5nm since it has now actually better yields than 7nm).

Yes, but it seems this chip is going to power Dell consumer products, which is horrifying to me.
Selling brand new PC's with 6 year old stuff inside to some old lady or someone who doesn't understand computers is imoral.

At the end of the day, the only people that would care for this type of stuff are enthusiasts. People will find these type of stuff much cheaper.

 

[The Mass Shooter Ron Soye]

At the end of the day, the only people that would care for this type of stuff are enthusiasts. People will find these type of stuff much cheaper.

Today's $150 laptops on outdated process nodes can perform about as well as $500+ laptops from years ago, while using a fraction of the power. For example: Intel Core i3-370M vs. AMD A6-9220C or Intel Pentium Silver N5000.

Install an adblocker, and grandma won't care that it's not the latest and greatest.

 

[Bad Headspace]

Intel is not doing their A game lately.

Someone who's buying a prebuilt PC doesn't know and-or doesn't care what the components are, to be fair. Alienware even gets flak for their costcutting techniques with overly complex towers(or cubes, or dodecahedrons, etc.) to compensate.

I think that is the reason an i5 can be basically any sort of CPU over a span of more than a decade. To confuse the consumer. In the ads you always hear: "whatever brand laptop with a i5 processor". That doesn't tell me anything at all.

 

[Bad Gateway]

Fuck it, bring back LGA 1156 and lets get this party started for REAL for real.

 

[Cedric_Eff]

Fuck it, bring back LGA 1156 and lets get this party started for REAL for real.

Nah, bring back LGA 775.

 

[Thank Fuck For Evil Otto]

Intel is not doing their A game lately.


I think that is the reason an i5 can be basically any sort of CPU over a span of more than a decade. To confuse the consumer. In the ads you always hear: "whatever brand laptop with a i5 processor". That doesn't tell me anything at all.

That's actually been my mantra when buying for others for a long time: just get an i5 and that'd do fine. Any i5 from the 1st to the current is just fine for normal/casual users, and maybe are even great for people with more intensive purposes (desktop ones specifically have been solid performers).

 

[Beavis]

Intel having trouble producing CPUs and AMD making good CPUs again. What a time to be alive.

 

[MrTroll]

Selling brand new PC's with 6 year old stuff inside to some old lady or someone who doesn't understand computers is imoral.

Yeah, old ladies need cutting-edge .0000009nm chips made with alloys sourced from crashed alien spaceships to check their AOL emails and post Fox News clips on Facebook.

 

[Bongsnake McGee]

Yeah, old ladies need cutting-edge .0000009nm chips made with alloys sourced from crashed alien spaceships to check their AOL emails and post Fox News clips on Facebook.

Considering the state of the modern web - yes, yes they do.

 

[Splendid]

Nah, bring back LGA 775.

Bring back the Alpha architecture.

 

[Cedric_Eff]

Bring back the Alpha architecture.

Even better, bring the MIPS processors and also bring back Socket 7 and Super Socket 7.

 

[Bongsnake McGee]

The real galaxy brain move would be to switch over to Itanium.

 

[AN/ALR56]

Bring back the Alpha architecture.

I wonder how much far we would've been in mobile computing if we had switched from CISC to RISC decades ago.
Only now that Apple and Microsoft are slowly switching to ARM on their laptops.