Us chipmaker Intel Corp. said on Monday local time that it will increase the output of data center chips with 10nm manufacturing technology in the first quarter. This year, the output of 10nm manufacturing technology chips will exceed that of 14nm manufacturing technology chips, making the new generation of chip manufacturing technology a key component of the company's output this year.

Intel is the world's largest chipmaker in terms of personal computers and data center servers. However, the company has been in the dilemma of delaying the introduction of 10 nanometer chip and the next generation of 7 nanometer chip manufacturing technology. This delay caused AMD and other competitors to take the lead in the market, making competitors gain a lot of market share.

Intel also faces pressure from aggressive investor third point LLC, which is pushing Intel to reassess its manufacturing strategy. Intel will hold a financial performance conference call on January 21, when it plans to announce whether it plans to outsource part of its product manufacturing business in 2023.

Intel said on Monday local time that its ice lake server chips, produced by its 10 nanometer process technology, will start increasing production this quarter. However, the company did not give specific production figures. Intel also said it will launch 50 new PC processor designs this year, 30 of which will be manufactured using the new 10 nanometer process technology.

Overall, Intel said it expects the production of 10 nanometer process technology chips to surpass its older generation of 14 nanometer process technology chips sometime this year.

On Monday, the company also introduced a chip developed by Mobileye, a subsidiary of its automatic driving system solution, for laser radar sensors. The so-called lidar sensor is a kind of laser based equipment, which can help the vehicle to obtain a three-dimensional view of the road.

The lidar sensor chip will be produced at an Intel factory in New Mexico, the vice president of Mobileye said. Speaking about the company's lidar sensor chip, Jack weast, senior chief engineer of Intel, said that this solved a big problem for Intel, that is, "I need a better sensor, but at the same time, I also need it to be cheaper."

Mobileye, originally an Israeli start-up, was acquired by Intel in 2017. Mobileye plans to build two fully autonomous driving systems, one based entirely on camera and the other based on radar and lidar. Mobileye is said to dominate the market for advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS). (Tianmen Mountain)

Source: Netease technology report, translated by Baidu