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New Chip-Making Process, Intel Expected to Unveil
SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Intel Corp. is expected to announce today it has created a chip-manufacturing process that will allow it to ship 600-megahertz microprocessors by the end of the year, people familiar with the matter say.
Intel is expected to say it will begin shipping microprocessors based on its 0.18 micron manufacturing process, which allows the company to create chip circuits that are 1/500th the width of a human hair, in the third quarter. Intel officials declined to comment.
The new process will give Intel a manufacturing advantage over rivals Advanced Micro Devices Inc. and National Semiconductor Corp.'s Cyrix unit, but analysts aren't certain how long the advantage will last.
Linley Gwennap, editorial director at Micro Design Resources Inc., Mountain View, Calif., said Intel will begin large-volume production with the process about three to six months ahead of AMD, Sunnyvale, Calif., and National Semiconductor, also Santa Clara. But they also will shift to 0.18 micron processes later this year, and they will also announce new chip designs that will allow them to create chips that run at higher speeds
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