It appears that Moore’s Law, a staple in the production of CPUs since 1965, is slowly being overturned by the continual delays Intel is experiencing with their forthcoming CPU families.
The launch of Intel’s first 10nm chips, codenamed “Cannonlake”, will be delayed as a result of the increasingly difficult task of creating and managing smaller and smaller transistors, making it the second time in a row an Intel CPU series hasn’t been released in accordance with the two-year Moore’s Law cycle.
Intel’s Broadwell, Haswell and Ivy Bridge chips were all similarly delayed and behind schedule, and Cannonlake will be no different, with its new release date set for mid-2017.
Intel CEO, Brian Krzanich, had this to say in regards to the matter, “the last two technology transitions have signaled that our cadence today is closer to 2.5 years than two.”
To address the lack of 10nm CPUs and make sure a chipset is in development, Intel has stated that it’s going to release new 14nm “Kaby Lake” chips, which are based on the soon-to-release Skylake architecture.
And it’s impressive architecture at that. In fact, the Core i7-6700k “Skylake” is around 29% faster than the chip it replaces, the i7-4790k “Devil’s Canyon”.
Krzanich further said, “we expect that this addition to the roadmap will deliver new features and improved performance, and pave the way for a smooth transition to 10-nanometer.”
In addition to this, Intel also admitted that PC demand was weaker than expected for the latest CPUs. However, they feel that the July 29th launch of Windows 10 should provide a surge in market interest.
Despite all of the negative PC talk, Intel pulled out a decent $13.2 billion for the quarter. So they aren’t doing too badly.
We excitedly are waiting for the chance to get our hands on Skylake in the next six months, hopefully.
Source: Engadget, KitGuru
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I wonder if this ‘slowing’ of moore’s law would be able to save us from the robot overlords.