CLAIM #32264 · Intel Corporation (INTC) · 2025Q4 earnings call · Jan 22, 2026 · due Jun 30, 2027
“We've talked about, the likelihood is, our customers on 14A their window to secure or for us to secure them will be in the back half of this year and in the first half of next year. And so once visibility improves there, we'll start to unlock the spend on 14A.”
Lip Bu Tan · CEO
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Look at: Disclosed status of Intel 14A customer commitments/agreements and associated capacity spending
It came true if: Company publicly confirms at least one secured external 14A customer commitment (or discloses unlocking capacity capex for 14A) between H2 2026 and H1 2027
Where: Company earnings calls / press releases / 10-K disclosures on 14A node customer commitments and capex
In context
“s to is tool. So we are ramping up tool spending quite a bit in '26 relative to '25 to address this supply shortfall as well. And in fact, every quarter, we're seeing kind of wafer start increases pretty much across the board across Intel 7, Intel 3 and 18A. So all 3 of them every quarter improve and get better to address the supply. Like I said, we think we -- things will certainly improve in 2Q but we won't be completely out of the woods here. But as we progress through the year, we think things will get better and better. Do you want me to take the 14A thing or? Yes. On 14A, Lip-Bu has been very direct with us on all of this. He does not want to spend on capacity on 14A, only spend on the kind of TD spend or R&D spend associated with 14A even in the fab until we have customers secured. We've talked about, the likelihood is, our customers on 14A their window to secure or for us to secure them will be in the back half of this year and in the first half of next year. And so once visibility improves there, we'll start to unlock the spend on 14A. Lip-Bu Tan: I can just add a little bit more. I think on the yield improvement, which we see in the 7%, 8% yield improvement per month. I think it's more in focus in the variation, make sure that we can be more consistent delivery and also the defect density at the end so that we can ship quality wafer to the customer. So I think all those are very important for our PC client, Panther Lake and then also for the 18A and 14A development. So I think, all in all, I see improvement, but still not quite to the industry-leading standard yet. John Pitzer: Ross, do you have a quick follow-up? Ross Seymore: Yes, I do. The gross margin side, Dave, you gave some puts and takes for the full year on a bunch of different metrics but you didn't mention gross margin. How should we think about that? And fo”
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