CLAIM #32273 · Intel Corporation (INTC) · 2025Q4 earnings call · Jan 22, 2026 · due Dec 31, 2028
“So in terms of 14A, realistically in terms of, I call it, the risk production in the later part of 2027 and real production, volume production in 2028.”
Lip Bu Tan · CEO
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Look at: 14A process node production status (risk production vs. volume production milestones)
It came true if: Risk production achieved in H2 2027 AND volume production achieved in 2028
Where: management commentary on earnings calls / company process technology disclosures (10-K, Analyst Day)
In context
“foundry and the production. And then the indication to us and that's the time my discipline is until they have a commitment to the volume, then starting to really build and the foundry expansion so that we can meet their requirement. And then the other part parallelly, they also give us a list of IP. If it's a mobile related, you have to be low power IP that we need to have. If it is data center related, it clearly will be the performance, the connectivity, all these things that we need to really get it ready so that we can serve the -- service as a customer to meet their requirement. So it's parallelly on the IP readiness and also our yield readiness then is, I think, satisfied. Okay. Now this product. This is a volume we're going to run with you and that's how you're starting to build. So in terms of 14A, realistically in terms of, I call it, the risk production in the later part of 2027 and real production, volume production in 2028. That is similar to the same time frame as a leading foundry. David Zinsner: And I'd just say, we probably will be able to give you a lot more color around all of these things at the Analyst Day that Lip-Bu mentioned will have in the back half of the year. John Pitzer: Vivek, do you have a follow-up question? Vivek Arya: For my follow-up, I'm curious, what do you think is the server CPU TAM in 2026? How much of that is x86? How much of that is ARM? I mean if you are supply constrained, is the entire industry supply constrained? Do you think that whatever you can't supply all that market share is going to go to your x86 competitor and to everyone in the AI community that is building ARM-based servers? So like when do you think your supply -- how much does the market grow? And when do you th”
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