Intel details ambitious roadmap with big plans for the next few years Intel has detailed what it says is one of its most detailed roadmaps for its process and packaging technology ever published — one that sets the stage for its ambitious goal of “process performance leadership” over the next few years. Among other things, the company is launching a new naming structure for its process nodes in order to present “a clear and consistent framework” for customers. “The industry has long recognized that traditional nanometer-based process node naming stopped matching the actual gate-length metric in 1997,” Intel explained as part of its Intel Accelerated event. For that reason, the company says, it will use a new naming structure for its process nodes going forward, one that, among other things, gives “customers a more accurate view of process nodes across the industry.”