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Intel poo-poos 65nm delay claim

First chips 'on track' for 2005 debut, apparently

By Tony Smith

Posted in IT Channel, 11th November 2004 10:27 GMT

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Intel has denied claims that the development of its 65nm chip fabrication process has fallen behind schedule.

According to market watcher In-Stat/MDR analyst Jim McGregor, the chip giant has "quietly pushed out manufacturing on 65nm [to] 2006". What McGregor called "challenging industry conditions" could see the process' ramp fall back to "mid-2006 or later", Silicon Strategies reports [1].

But an Intel spokeswoman denied the allegation: "We did not push out our roadmap. Our 65nm process technology will be ready in 2005. High-volume products will ship in 2006."

In August this year, Intel said it expects to debut 65nm parts in 2005 [2], but admitted that volume production was unlikely to take place before the very end of next year - into 2006, in other words. ®

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