Node race: ARM, TSMC together speeding towards 7 nm, Samsung is ahead

In the extremely tough semiconductor chip fabrication technology race, Samsung is number one in getting at 14 nm and also it expects to make 10 nm chips by 2016, faster compared to its competitor's roadmap. For some reason Intel is going slow in node scaling these years. Another player TSMC is going faster than Intel. With the 16 nm chip production from TSMC going in full speed. TSMC working even faster to make 10 nm chips for smartphone and such multicore SOC applications. ARM announced the first multicore, 64-bit ARM v8-A processor test chip based on TSMC's 10 nm FinFET process technology. It's not just at 10 nm even at 7 nm both are working with long-term agreement. While Intel expands into non-PC and server markets, (forget smartphones market, even otherwise) it has to compete with ARM processor core powered SOC chips in many new emerging large volume applications including high MIPS demanding self driving ADAS automotive electronic systems. Some of the applications in the IOT domain too also demand higher processing power but at extremely low power. In that sense earlier production of 10 nm by Intel gives it a competitive edge over ARM. Intel has to target broader market for growth. Is Intel waiting for EUV to stay away from expensive multiple pattern masks for lithography? Though Intel has not announced what exactly called test ...