Intel Moves Most Nova Lake Production In-House as 18A Yields Improve
Quick Report
Intel is reportedly moving the majority of its future Nova Lake compute-tile production in-house to Intel Foundry, reducing its earlier plan to outsource most of the work to TSMC on N2. The shift reflects confidence in 18A yields and the belief that the node is now reliable enough for high-volume production.
The change comes after Intel reportedly resolved earlier yield issues on 18A and improved the number of usable dies per wafer. If the report holds, Nova Lake could rely much more heavily on Intel's own manufacturing roadmap than initially expected, giving the company more direct control over a critical next-generation CPU line.
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