Surprising news about Intel continues to emerge with the chipmaker promising to use an external foundry instead of its own 20A process to make the upcoming Arrow Lake processors, amid talk that Broadcom has rejected Intel's 18A process as not ready for mass production.
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The Santa Clara giant posted an update on its website claiming "continued momentum" for its 18A process node, saying it remains "on track for launch in 2025." Intel expects to ship the Panther Lake client and Clearwater Forest server chips with this technology next year.
Intel also said it is moving engineering resources away from the Intel 20A earlier than expected. "With this decision, the Arrow Lake processor family will be built primarily with the help of external partners and packaged by Intel Foundry," wrote Ben Sell, VP of Technology Development.
Arrow Lake was expected to launch before the end of this year, possibly as early as October, and it's unclear if this latest development will have any effect on the timing.
