Intel will share technical roadmap beyond 18A process next month

Intel will share details about its technical roadmap beyond 2025 next month at its IFS Direct Connect event on February 21. The company will then share its roadmap beyond the ‘5N4Y’ planning, which ends this year with Intel’s ‘1.8nm’-like 18A process.

Intel’s new roadmap is presented by Ann Kellehergeneral manager of technology development at Intel, so Tom’s Hardware noted. During the Intel Foundry Services Direct Connect event, the chipmaker will discuss the period after the 5N4Y plan has been completed, which stands for ‘Five Nodes, Four Years’. The company had been using that plan since 2021, when CEO Pat Gelsinger took over the chipmaker.

With 5N4Y, Intel wants to deliver five processes in four years, after the company lagged behind competitors for years due to 10nm problems. Since then, the company has released the Intel 7, Intel 4 and Intel 3 nodes. In 2024, Intel will still have 20A and 18A, with which the chipmaker will switch to so-called gate-all-around transistors.

Details about Intel’s new roadmap are not yet known. The chipmaker previously confirmed that it was working on so-called CFET transistors. This means that p- and n-type transistors, with a positive and negative charge respectively, are stacked on top of each other for a higher density. Currently, these transistor types are still placed next to each other. CFET transistors are not expected to be ready for mass production until around 2032, Leuven research institute imec previously stated. It is not yet known what Intel is working on in the meantime. The company will probably work on its GAA transistors.