Intel Corporation recently tried to convince the public that it is not behind schedule in development of 10-nm process technology, and by the end of the year plans to begin deliveries of mobile 10-nm processors Cannon Lake, and now in full swing prepares for serial production of 10-nm processors of the second Generation, known under the symbol Ice Lake.
Colleagues from the site DigiTimes with the support of industry experts offered their own interpretation of these initiatives by Intel. They explained that in the desktop segment the debut of the 14-nm Coffee Lake processors will take place at the end of August this year, and the limited demand for the PC will force Intel to pull not only with the launch of the 10-nm Cannon Lake generation processors, but also their followers - Ice Lake . According to the source, the latter should appear no earlier than 2019.
The source admits that Intel's competitors are not doing well with the development of 10-nm process technology. For example, MediaTek refused to release the Helio X30 processors for 10-nm technology at TSMC, and the 10 nm A11 processors manufactured there have a yield level of not more than 70%. Samsung's business does not go much better - the level of yield of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 processors, produced by 10-nm technology, is far from the desired values. However, the Korean giant is not losing optimism, and to master the 5-nm process technology intends with the support of IBM.