Intel's highly anticipated 18A process is under uncertainty right now, as a new rumor claims that HVM is pushed ahead into next year, following poor yield rates.

Intel Won't Proceed With Subpar 18A Yields for High-Volume Manufacturing, Aiming Instead for Near-Perfect Output

Well, things aren't turning out the way they should for Team Blue right now. More importantly, with all the political and economic turmoil, the company is facing uncertainty about the future of its foundry division right now. Now, according to a new report by Hankyung , internal sources within Intel say that the 18A process could get pushed into 2026, as the current yield rates make mass production unviable for the company, but there's a twist with the rumor.

Intel's original plan was to mass-produce its laptop CPU

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