But when the company struggled to deliver a viable 10nm node on schedule, it ditched the tick-tock model in 2016 to focus on improvements in architecture and elsewhere. But with the new IDM 2.0 ...

Gelsinger also said the company has created an IDM 2.0 Acceleration Office aimed at bringing the internal foundry model to life. Intel was not available to provide more information by press time.

targeting between 15 percent and 20 percent of total wafer production – a level that would allow it to leverage external expertise without undermining its IDM model. By relying on TSMC's mature ...

A second industrial giant in the region, iDM, is now extending this model until May after all. The "Krone" knows the background.