Two of my favorite pundits have voiced the opinion that Intel isn't making it out of this one as an industry leader.As such, one of the above pundits isn't even going to waste time on testing Intel products until Intel has shown some sort of a "demonstratively superior" competitive product.
Inference here being that Intel's cobbled together for testing 18a isn't good enough to compete against TSMC's 2nm and as such "tomorrow never arrives" for Intel ever again.
Is it over and done with for Intel at this time? .....https://search.brave.com/search?q=intel+is+over&source=desktop&summary=1&summ...Intel's Dominance Wanes
Based on the search results, Intel has faced significant challenges in recent years, including:
Loss of dominance: Intel’s market share has declined as competitors like Samsung and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) have gained ground.
Missed deadlines: Intel missed its deadlines for new process nodes, such as 7nm, which led to a stock plunge and allowed competitors to take the lead.
Struggling to stay relevant: Intel’s struggles to adapt to changing market trends, particularly the shift to mobile devices and artificial intelligence (AI), have raised concerns about its long-term viability.
Job cuts and cost reductions: In an effort to turn things around, Intel has announced job cuts and a $10 billion cost reduction plan for 2025.
Skeptical investors: Despite CEO Pat Gelsinger’s efforts to revitalize the company, investors remain skeptical about Intel’s ability to recover and regain its former glory.
Intel's Current State
Intel’s stock performance has been poor, with a decline of 37% this year, making it the worst-performing tech stock in the S&P 500. The company’s earnings have also been disappointing, with a 35% drop in earnings and a 1% decline in sales year-over-year.
Future Outlook
While Intel has set goals to catch up with competitors by 2026, investors are uncertain about the company’s ability to achieve this. The company’s history of missed deadlines and struggles to adapt to changing market trends have raised concerns about its long-term prospects.
Conclusion
Based on the search results, it appears that Intel is indeed facing significant challenges and is struggling to stay relevant in a rapidly changing market. While the company has made efforts to revitalize itself, its future outlook remains uncertain, and investors are skeptical about its ability to regain its former dominance.Intel new processors from TSMC are being ranked as "same performance" as the AMD chipsets built on the same processor levels. This puts Intel and AMD in a performance/price war again ...... with AMD remaining several levels up on Intel at the present time.
Independent tests say that Intel's older "mitigated" core programming modifications still carry enough "slow down" to put them back 1-2 generations to either AMD or Apple products.
Intel has been caught lying about its processor performance in general again. Yes, Intel is 25% down due to temperature mitigation ---- yes this seems to be Intel's reality using what Intel is calling their 4nm processor process.
Don't buy anything Intel builds on any of their own older "in house processes", not until Intel's 18A process becomes production stable. This will be in the 2025-2026 time frame according to Intel.
AND DID YOU KNOW THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION HAS COMPLETELY STALLED ON PAYING OUT THE 8.5 BILLION THEY PROMISED TO INTEL? Intel is seen as a bad investment by Wall Street and the Biden Administration at this time.
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DO NOT BUY ANY INTEL PRODUCTS UNTIL THE CURRENT FRENZY OF ISSUES SETTLE OUT ........
Early Intel 18a looks fairly good, except for some long implementation delays. Intel is saying it will take 2015-2026 to get 18a across the entire Intel product line. TSMC is at 2nm right now and will have that 2nm generation completed across the board by well before then as well.
The root issue is that TSMC 2nm outperforms Intel 18a. Yes, AMD processors on 2nm will kick Intel's 18a in their very late limping ass.
Plus TSMC isn't stopping to take a two year break, but TSMC will continue to make even more progress beyond 2nm as the two years go roll along ......
Intel will continue to buy a lot of TSMC produced stuff over the next few years, further confusing their customer base.