Intel has revealed that its Broadwell processors won’t be shipped on time as a glitch in manufacturing process has led to a delay in the production of the processors.
During Intel’s earnings call held on Tuesday, CEO Brian Krzanich, said that the company ran into some quality control problems related to the 14-nanometer chips manufacturing process and will have to fix the glitch as soon as possible to resume its production by the first quarter of next year.
“It’s simply a defect density issue,” said Krzanich indicating the silicon issues. “We’re planning to begin production in the first quarter of next year,” he added.
The Broadwell chips will be succeeding Intel’s current “Haswell” line of core processors manufactured using a 22-nanometer process. Here the numbers 14 and 22 refers to circuit dimensions etched on the chips.
Intel first showcased a laptop running on a Broadwell processor last month at the Intel Developer Forum (IDF). Intel said that its new Broadwell processors will be 30 percent faster and more power-efficient as compared to the company’s Haswell counterparts.
Analysts predict that the manufacturing issue might have a negative impact on the release dates of the PCs and laptops due to a delay in chips release and could force PC manufacturers to look for alternative CPUs to power their computing gadgetry.
