Intel Will Launch the Latest 10nm+ Ice Lake Processor
Not yet the Coffee Lake 14nm processor, but Intel seems to have re-exposed another upcoming 10nm Ice Lake processor through its official website, which is said to be one of the successors to the 8th generation Intel Core processor.
Although it is not clear where the processor will be taken, Intel has confirmed that the new 10nm+ processor is said to be a successor to the Intel 8th generation Core processor family, and above all, Intel is reportedly confirmed that the processor is a "replacement". Applicable to 8th generation products, not a "successor".
The eighth generation chip, more commonly known as Coffee Lake, will soon be released and available. The existence of Coffee Lake itself is viewed as a response to the presence of AMD Ryzen processors that want to rise again and provide more cores to the desktop market.
Intel will announce the new 8th generation Coffee Lake processor, built on the 14nm++ process, on August 21st coinciding with the total solar eclipse. The eighth generation product can be considered Intel's latest entry into the extended period of 'optimization' with each process node, with the implementation of three process iterations that extend Moore's Law (such as the 14nm, 14nm+, and 14nm ++ generations).
Ice Lake will feature the 10nm+ process, while the Cannon Lake processor will feature the first iteration of the 10nm process. Thus, the two upcoming Intel processors are also referred to as "successors" to the eighth generation processors.
This three-step strategy will also be extended to the 10nm Intel process, but Intel also announced earlier this year during its manufacturing day that new processors can showcase many components with several process nodes. This tactic takes advantage of the economies of scale and other benefits of existing processes to build many components, such as uncore, with longer and more established nodes. This way, the Ice Lake processor will have 10nm+ technology, as well as showcasing other components made with various lithographies.
Meanwhile, Intel is also reported to have boasted about its new 'Data Center First' strategy during its manufacturing day. Intel seems to be slowly but surely moving away from its traditional practice of starting new processes and architectures with mainstream processors, instead choosing to bring a new design to the data center range first.
Taking into account these two things, it is likely that Ice Lake will spread to the data center first, followed by the desktop. Yes, at least that can explain the presence of both eighth-generation processors successors.
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