0:00 There’s never been as big a shock to the semiconductor industry as the current surge in demand from AI. AI is driving incredible computing demand. Easily 40-50% above our maximum capacity, which I’ve never seen before. Progress in AI has been driven by exponentially increasing compute. To sustain that progress, foundries like Intel will need to manufacture far more leading-edge compute, both by producing more chips and by improving what each chip can do. But the production of these chips is bottlenecked by tools that Intel buys from their suppliers.
0:31 Most famously, ASML’s EUV machines. If they don’t have the equipment, they can’t make the chips here. I spent two days touring Intel’s fabs to prepare for these interviews with its leadership. I wanted to understand what it takes to manufacture the world’s most advanced chips and how hardware is shaping the future of AI. I’m joined by Chris Auth, who leads development of all the processes that are currently under manufacturing. The thing I want to understand in more concrete detail is how the development of a new process actually happens. If 14A is going to come out in three years or two years from now,
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