Intel cannonlake processors could be delayed to 2018

Intel is currently developing the new generation of processors with Cannonlake architecture, which will be the first with a 10nm manufacturing process, which will allow a great reduction in energy consumption and also an improvement in performance compared to the current Kaby generation. Lake, which is manufactured at 14nm.

Intel assures that Cannonlake would not be ready until 2018

Intel wants to launch these processors as soon as possible, but wants to do it well. Chairman of Intel's PC, IoT and chip design division Ventaka Renduchintala comments that we may not see Cannonlake until mid- 2018, starting its mass production earlier that year.

If true, it contrasts quite a bit with the information we had that Cannonlake would arrive later this year, we would finally be on the eve of a delay of at least 6 months.

It is the first generation manufactured at 10nm

The Cannonlake architecture manufactured at 10nm will be a great technological advance, allowing 2.7 times more transistors in the same space than 14nm. Intel ensures that, thanks to this, manufacturing each of these chips will cost 30% less (and do not dream that this -30% was transferred to the sale price).

The improvement of the Cannonlake architecture would allow 25% more performance compared to Kaby Lake and energy savings of 45%, so we are talking about a significant improvement, not as it happened in the transition between Skylake & Kaby Lake.

It is very likely that the first Cannonlake chips are low-key and will scale the launch until launching the top of the range, a strategy they used with Kaby Lake. We will see if AMD with the next generations Ryzen (Gen2 - Gen3 can keep up with these Intel releases.

Via pcworld