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Intel CTO: process gap with TSMC down to a few points, but scale still lags

What happened

Technology podcast host Dwarkesh Patel released a special episode after spending two days touring Intel's fabs and research laboratories and speaking with several technology leaders. Intel CTO Pushkar Ranade said the company's process technology is now only a few percentage points behind TSMC, although catching up in manufacturing scale will take considerably longer.

Impact and signal

Low impactImpact score: 0/100

Affected components and suppliers

process technology

Intel TSMC

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Source and time

Source: DigiTimes Asia · 10/28/2026 · View original source

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Intel CTO: process gap with TSMC down to a few points, but scale still lags

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