07-18-2019, 07:57 AM
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel-...39955.html
Quote:Swan reportedly told attendees the 10nm delay was "somewhat a function of what we've been able to do in the past, which in essence was defying the odds," and that "at a time when it was getting harder and harder" the company "set a more and more aggressive goal." Intel had gotten used to being able to squeeze blood from rocks--or in its case money from silicon--but couldn't quite repeat the feat.
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Intel said in April that it expected the CPU shortage to ease up a bit in the third quarter of 2019; DigiTimes reported in May that supplies could improve as early as June. A recent analysis from Gartner and IDC suggests that rising PC shipments in the most recent financial quarter resulted at least partly from the increased availability of Intel processors, so things might improve on the CPU front sooner than later.