According to Bloomberg News, Ann Kelleher, vice president and head of technology development at Intel, said recently that Intel is on track to regain its semiconductor manufacturing leadership.
"Intel has milestones set on a quarterly basis, and based on those milestones, we are leading or on track," Kelleher said. He said that Intel is currently in volume production of 7-nanometer chips, and is ready to start manufacturing 4-nanometer chips and will be ready Turn to 3nm in the second half of next year.
Intel Chief Executive Kissinger has said he wants to recapture the leadership in manufacturing technology that has been one of the foundations of the company's decades-long dominance in the $580 billion industry. But for now, Intel's manufacturing technology is five years behind the promise, and Kelleher's team is trying to make up.
If Kissinger's plan is successful, Intel would reverse market share losses to rivals such as AMD and Nvidia. Kissinger is trying to grab the chip foundry business of TSMC and Samsung, and better chip manufacturing technology will also allow Intel to attract customers.
However, not long ago, Randhir Thakur, head of Intel's foundry services, had resigned. In this regard, analysts believe that Intel's foundry services may face greater challenges.