By Bill Thomas
Remember how Intel was going to release Cannon Lake in 2016? And, then when it got pushed back to 2018? Well, according to Intel’s Q1 financial results we won’t see the long-awaited follow-up to Kaby Lake until 2019 – at least in a consumer-ready state.
But before we dive into all the juicy details (and speculation) about Cannon Lake, we need to take a step back, because Intel’s recent releases have been confusing, to say the least. So, traditionally, Intel followed a predictable ‘Tick-Tock’ release schedule, where generations would switch between introducing a new die process and architecture. This is why Skylake was expected to be succeeded by Cannon Lake in 2016.
However, that didn’t happen. Intel switched things up when they pushed Cannon Lake back and released Kaby Lake instead, an “optimization” in a new ‘process-architecture-optimization’ release schedule. Ok, so the 10nm Cannon Lake would follow after Kaby Lake, right? Well, that’s what you would think, anyway. Instead Intel released its 8th-generation Kaby Lake R and Coffee Lake processors, the fourth and fifth releases using Intel’s 14nm process.
If you find this to be confusing, trust us, you’re not the only one. Now, the good news …read more
Source:: techradar.com – Computing Components
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