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英特爾想撼動台積電地位?外媒直指十分困難 揭殘酷硬傷
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英特爾想撼動台積電地位?外媒直指十分困難 揭殘酷硬傷

英特爾靠18A製程吹起反攻號角,導入RibbonFET與PowerVia新技術並祭出低價,但能否真正撼動台積電仍面臨良率與生態系挑戰。

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英特爾憑藉18A製程與美國本土製造優勢反攻半導體市場,導入新技術並以低價搶客。然而,面對台積電的高良率經驗與先進封裝生態,英特爾18A短期內較可能成為第二供應來源,能否真正翻身仍取決於良率與外部客戶拓展。

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台積電長期稱霸先進製程,英特爾則透過18A製程與新技術試圖重返競爭行列。

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台積電和英特爾是半導體市場中競爭者。

台積電長期稱霸全球先進製程,英特爾卻靠18A製程吹起反攻號角,不僅導入RibbonFET與PowerVia兩大新技術,還祭出低於台積電的報價搶客,加上美國本土製造優勢,讓市場重新看見英特爾的競爭力。不過,18A量產只是第一關,良率、客戶與生態系等,才是英特爾能否真正撼動台積電的關鍵。

TradingKey報導,18A被視為英特爾重新建立先進製程競爭力的重要一戰。18A採用RibbonFET全環繞閘極電晶體,以及PowerVia背面供電技術,透過電晶體結構與供電方式的改變,提升晶片效能與能源效率。

英特爾18A的競爭力來自哪裡?目前18A已進入量產階段,初期產品包括英特爾自家的Panther Lake處理器。市場消息指出,18A目前良率約在55%至60%左右,雖然與成熟的大規模量產水準仍有差距,但已足以支撐初期出貨與客戶驗證。

對英特爾而言,18A能夠正式進入量產,本身就是一項重要進展,因為這代表公司在先進製程技術上重新取得一定程度的話語權。

18A的主要賣點除了新製程技術,也包括價格與美國本土製造優勢。美國政府近年積極推動半導體製造回流,也替英特爾創造更多機會。

不過,18A開始量產並不代表英特爾已經成功,真正關鍵在於能否取得足夠的外部客戶。Panther Lake可協助驗證18A的良率與效能,但晶圓代工仍須完善PDK、IP與設計工具等生態系,市場也曾傳出博通測試後對部分製程與工具持保留態度。

此外,目前18A良率約55%至60%,仍需進一步提高產出效率,才能降低成本並確保穩定交貨。財務方面,Intel Foundry仍處於虧損,若外部訂單不足、產能利用率偏低,龐大的折舊與研發支出將持續拖累獲利。因此,提升良率、拓展外部客戶與改善代工毛利,才是18A能否帶領英特爾翻身的關鍵。

報導指,從技術層面看,英特爾18A讓英特爾重新獲得了參與先進行程競爭的資格,「但要挑戰台積電仍然十分困難」。台積電的優勢不只是製程本身,還包括多年累積的高良率量產經驗、龐大客戶基礎,以及CoWoS、3DFabric等先進封裝生態。

對AI晶片客戶來說,能否取得先進封裝、HBM整合與穩定產能,與製程效能同樣重要。加上蘋果、輝達、AMD、高通與博通等客戶已與台積電建立長期合作,晶片設計商若要更換代工廠,還必須重新進行設計與驗證,因此不會只因價格較低就大規模轉單。

因此,18A短期更可能成為台積電之外的重要第二供應來源,而不是直接取代台積電。相較之下,英特爾18A可能先對三星形成更直接的壓力。

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