Intel Says Clients Preparing to Test New Production Process

Intel Corp., trying to break into an outsourced chipmaking industry dominated by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., said prospective clients are preparing to try out its new production process.

The company’s new 14A technology will follow 18A, which is on schedule to go into production in the second half of this year. “Multiple customers have expressed their intent to build test chips on the new process node,” Intel said in a statement released ahead of its Foundry Direct Connect event Tuesday.