Intel Cannon Lake release date, news, and rumors
Do you remember how Intel will launch Cannon Lake in 2016? And, then, when was it pushed to 2018? Well, according to Intel's first quarter financial results, we will not see the expected Kaby Lake tracking until 2019, at least in a consumer-ready state.
But, before getting into all the juicy rumors surrounding Cannon Lake, let's take a step back, because Intel's recent releases have been a bit hard to follow. Then, in the past, Intel followed a predictable 'Tick-Tock' launch program, where generations would switch between the introduction of a new process and architecture. That's why we all expected Cannon Lake to succeed Skylake in 2016.
Obviously, that did not happen. Instead, Intel changed things by pushing Cannon Lake backwards and launching Kaby Lake instead, an 'optimization' in a new 'process architecture' launch schedule. Ok, then 10nm Lake Cannon would follow after Kaby Lake, right? Well, that's what we think too. Instead, Intel launched its eighth generation of processors Kaby Lake R and Coffee Lake, the fourth and fifth version using Intel's 14nm process.
If you think this is confusing, trust us, you are not alone. Now, there's good news: we've seen a list of the first Cannon Lake CPU. Now, although it is only a 10nm laptop chip that probably will not be seen in a commercial version, it is at least a sign of what is to come.
Most of the Cannon Lake chips are more likely to be seen as the 8-core chip coming in September 2018. We thought this would be the first of the Coffee Lake-S chips, but according to a Wccftech report, it is a Xeon instead. That said, we could also see Intel show a giant of 28 cores in Computex 2018.
