Chip-giant (NASDAQ: INTC) is dead set on reclaiming its manufacturing edge over foundry leader TSMC. The company's manufacturing roadmap includes launching five nodes in a four-year span.

Intel's Meteor Lake PC chips, set to launch this year, will use the Intel 4 process, the second process node in the plan. The final node, called Intel 18A, should be ready by the end of 2024. Intel expects this sub-2nm process to leapfrog TSMC.

The Intel 18A process should give Intel an edge in the PC and server-chip markets but will also mark an inflection point for Intel's foundry business. Companies that design chips that benefit from the most advanced manufacturing process -- think high-end smartphone system on a chip (SoCs) and artificial intelligence (AI) accelerators -- will have a viable option beyond TSMC.

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