Intel indicates that the demand for Tiger Lake processors is much higher than expected
We have seen in recent years how Intel has been losing market share compared to AMD Zen architecture processors. AMD's modular processors have prevailed, forcing Intel to make important changes in strategy. Bob Swan, CEO of Intel, during the Credit Suisse global conference, has indicated that the company is confident about regaining market share of processors thanks to the Tiger Lake.
The main problem that has weighed down Intel is not being able to make the leap to 10nm lithography, forcing to keep the 14nm lithography. Furthermore, in recent years we have seen significant shortage problems. Intel's Core and Xeon processors have had problems, but they have been a priority for the company, most notably the lack of stock in Celeron and Pentium processors.
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Intel's processor shortage is no secret. The Comet Lake-S (10th Generation) without going any further, were weeks without stock after their launch. HP and Lenovo have repeatedly complained about processor shortages. Even Apple has indicated that they want to stop depending on Intel in terms of processors due to their lack of stock and their vulnerabilities.
While in 14nm litho it seems that there are no more shortage issues, there could be shortage issues for 10nm processors. According to Swan, the demand for Tiger Lake processors is being higher than expected. He has indicated that the demand is 30% higher than the company's initial forecast for spring. Intel faces the problem of not being able to produce chips at the rate they are demanded, although they work intensively in the manufacture of processors in 10nm.
In addition, it is confident of increasing market share during the first quarter of 2021 thanks to the Tiger Lake-H for gaming laptops. The launch of the Rocket Lake-S processors is expected in the first quarter of 2021. These latest processors will be arriving in good time, as AMD faces major stock shortages. AMD, for its part, faces the problem that TSMC cannot cope with producing all AMD chips in 7nm.
[irp]Source: MD
