The Pentagon will be the first to have access to chips made with Intel's advanced 18A process

Intel, when launching the construction of new plants in Ohio, did not hide the fact that the first customers in the advanced technology of 18A will be defense companies and agencies.

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The U.S. Defense Department will be the first to try products made with the Intel 18A process. To put it simply, we're talking about 1.8nm chips (18 angstroms = 18 tenths of a nanometer).

With the plant in Ohio, and in the future, with the one in Arizona, the American processor giant intends to solve the problem of the U.S. dependence on Asia in the field of semiconductor products. According to the Pentagon, about 98 percent of chips needed by the department are manufactured or tested in Asian countries.

Intel has already received a $250 million contract to develop advanced semiconductors. This was announced by Randhir Thakur, head of Intel Foundry Service. The Pentagon, in turn, is ready to spend up to $3 billion annually on chip purchases.

"The Blue Team" wants to leverage the SHIP ecosystem to integrate heterogeneous components into a single package. The first chips, made with Intel 18A technology, will be delivered to the Department of Defense in the second half of 2024.

Source: EE Times

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