As always, process technology leadership is under debate. Is Intel way ahead? Some think so.
For instance Ed McKernan at SemiWiki writes: "They (Intel) believe they just need to get to 14nm production with finfets in 2014 and then they will be all alone with a 4-year process lead."
And Malcolm Penn, CEO of Europe's leading semiconductor analysts company, Future Horizons, says: "TSMC are still lagging Intel by a couple of years."
Is this realistic?