{"id":206905,"date":"2025-02-21T07:13:31","date_gmt":"2025-02-21T13:13:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/02\/intels-18a-process-reportedly-comes-with-sram-density-on-par-with-tsmcs-n2-team-blue-gearing-up-for-a-phenomenal-comeback"},"modified":"2025-02-21T07:13:31","modified_gmt":"2025-02-21T13:13:31","slug":"intels-18a-process-reportedly-comes-with-sram-density-on-par-with-tsmcs-n2-team-blue-gearing-up-for-a-phenomenal-comeback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/02\/intels-18a-process-reportedly-comes-with-sram-density-on-par-with-tsmcs-n2-team-blue-gearing-up-for-a-phenomenal-comeback","title":{"rendered":"Intel\u2019s 18A Process Reportedly Comes With SRAM Density On-Par With TSMC\u2019s N2; Team Blue Gearing Up For A Phenomenal Comeback"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/intels-18a-process-reportedly-comes-with-sram-density-on-par-with-tsmcs-n2-team-blue-gearing-up-for-a-phenomenal-comeback2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Intel\u2019s 18A is said to report an SRAM density equal to that of TSMC\u2019s N2 process, signaling a massive breakthrough for the IFS and its semiconductor ambitions.<\/p>\n<p><b>Intel\u2019s 18A Process Is a \u201cSpecial\u201d One, Credits To Implementations Such As BSPDN Along With Years of R&amp;D Behind It<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Well, it seems like now might be the time to be bullish on the future of Intel\u2019s chip plans, since the latest reports are clearly indicating that the momentum is shifting towards Team Blue. Following the <a href=\"https:\/\/wccftech.com\/heres-how-the-trump-adminstration-is-leading-a-massive-comeback-for-intel\/\">political backing of the Trump administration<\/a>, it is now disclosed via ISSCC sessions (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IanCutress\/status\/1892246045385515266\">via Ian Cutress<\/a>) that both TSMC and Intel\u2019s cutting-edge processes are rivaling each other in SRAM densities, showing that the gap has been narrowed down significantly, at least in one of the important aspects.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Intel\u2019s 18A is said to report an SRAM density equal to that of TSMC\u2019s N2 process, signaling a massive breakthrough for the IFS and its semiconductor ambitions. Intel\u2019s 18A Process Is a \u201cSpecial\u201d One, Credits To Implementations Such As BSPDN Along With Years of R&amp;D Behind It Well, it seems like now might be the [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":396,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1523,1522],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-206905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computing","category-innovation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/396"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=206905"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206905\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=206905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=206905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=206905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}