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posted by martyb on Friday January 25 2019, @06:30AM   Printer-friendly
from the big-struggles-with-little-things dept.

At CES earlier this month, Intel finally demonstrated its first 10nm processor for desktops. The Ice Lake CPU is supposed to arrive by the end of 2019 after plenty of delays. Unfortunately, there may still be unforeseen complications, as industry rumours claim that Intel is struggling with implementing PCIe 4.0 support in the chipset.

Intel’s struggle to bring 10nm processors to the market has been well documented. During CES, there was some discussion around Ice Lake but very little was said about the accompanying chipset. We have heard through our industry sources (who will remain anonymous) that Intel is struggling in this area, with the upgrade to PCIe 4.0 being an issue in particular. There is some concern that this will end up causing more delays for Intel’s 10nm launch.

https://www.kitguru.net/components/cpu/matthew-wilson/rumour-intels-10nm-launch-may-be-impacted-by-chipset-issues/


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  • (Score: 2) by takyon on Friday January 25 2019, @07:11AM (1 child)

    by takyon (881) <reversethis-{gro ... s} {ta} {noykat}> on Friday January 25 2019, @07:11AM (#791651) Journal

    Intel Denies that It Will Cancel or Skip its "10nm" Process [soylentnews.org]

    They said this in October. If they release a few token chips and then head straight to "7nm" (as they define it), they are going to need EUV. And to not suck just as bad with the next node, which again, would probably depend on the use of EUV.

    Now things are interesting again. If TSMC keeps up the momentum, they'll have slightly better "7nm" using EUV next year, and maybe "5nm" in 2021 (possibly 2020?). Apparently, they will continue to use FinFETs [semiengineering.com] for "5nm", and probably move to "gate-all-around" (GAA) after that.

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  • (Score: 3, Funny) by bob_super on Friday January 25 2019, @08:41AM

    by bob_super (1357) on Friday January 25 2019, @08:41AM (#791672)

    Taking a page from AT&T, they will soon release "7nmE" chips which just happen to look a lot like their "10nm" node.
    People like us will scream, but the marketing guy doesn't care, because 99% of the people also don't.