22 October 2026
Intel's chief technology officer says chip output is capped by equipment supply
First reported
Dwarkesh Podcast ran this on .
- Dwarkesh Patel, a podcaster, toured Intel's most advanced chip factory and interviewed its technical leaders over two days.
- The discussion centers on how future computer chips will be manufactured, looking ahead to 2045.
- Intel's chief technology officer said that with today's global supply of chipmaking equipment, output of the most advanced chips could only double.
Our read
Only one of the 30 tracked newsletters, Dwarkesh Podcast, covered this story, which was first reported 2026-10-22. It is the only archived story here on the chip supply thread, and the earlier one on Microsoft's stock drop over a reported chip supply shortage ran 2026-08-18.
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Dwarkesh PodcastDwarkesh Patel
Intel's process development, 14A yield ramp, 10nm lessons, transistor and interconnect technologies, EUV tools, chip production bottlenecks, and Intel versus TSMC