<p>➀ Intel has announced that its Intel 18A process, the final and most important in its 'four years, five nodes' plan, is ready for tape-out in the first half of this year;</p><p>➁ The 18A process represents a significant breakthrough for Intel's IDM 2.0 strategy and is seen as a key signal for the revitalization of Intel Foundry Services (IFS);</p><p>➂ The 18A process will introduce several advanced semiconductor technologies, with a 30% increase in chip density and a 15% improvement in performance per watt compared to Intel's 3nm process;</p><p>➃ Intel plans to apply the 18A process to the upcoming Panther Lake laptop processors and Clearwater Forest server CPUs;</p><p>➄ The ribbonFET full-gate transistor and PowerVia backside power supply technology are the two major breakthroughs of the 18A process;</p><p>➅ The ribbonFET transistor achieves a full-gate (GAA) architecture, providing finer control of current flow and reducing power consumption and leakage;</p><p>➆ PowerVia backside power supply technology changes the logic of chip wiring, making the power supply path for transistors more direct and improving power supply efficiency;</p><p>➇ Intel's next-generation mobile processor Panther Lake and desktop processor Nova Lake will be based on the Intel 18A process, with the server CPU Clearwater Forest also planned for release in the first half of 2026;</p><p>➈ Intel will also cooperate with external chip design companies to customize chips, such as Amazon and Microsoft.</p>