Although production of Intel's next-generation Broadwell chip won't begin until the first quarter of 2014, PCs using the chip won't appear until the second half of 2014, Intel disclosed Friday.
In its third-quarter earnings call this week, Intel said that a manufacturing defect in the 14-nm process that the Broadwell chip uses had delayed its expected manufacturing date from the fourth quarter of 2013 until the first quarter of 2014. PCs based on a chip in full production usually ship a quarter or two later. Until now, however, Intel had never clarified the date.
Intel chief executive Brian Krzanich didn't discuss Intel's launch plans in what he actually said during the earnings call.
"We continue to make progress with the industry's first 14 -nanometer manufacturing process and our second-generation 3D transistors," Krzanich said. "Broadwell, the first product on 14 nanometers, is up and running as we demonstrated at the Intel Developer Forum last month. While we are comfortable with where we are at with yields, from a timing standpoint, we are about a quarter behind our projections. As a result, we are now planning to begin production in the first quarter of next year."
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