Intel may plan to launch a new code-named ' Whiskey Lake ' processor for the general consumer PC market in 2018, replacing the August 2018 Kaby Lake Refresh, according to a recent news release. However, the news also pointed out that Intel's upcoming 10 NM process technology is really not very good, possibly refers to the 10nm technology at an acceptable cost of the feasibility of production, if Intel 10nm is not yet mature, but may expect to launch Whiskey Lake in about 2018 years, This means that Intel may again introduce the product line family of the company's maturing 14nm process technology and may be launched in 2018, half or 2019 years to meet the needs of PC customers, in which case Intel 10nm has become the focus of attention. According to Semiaccurate and the Moley fool Web site, it is now quite clear that the Intel 10nm process has serious problems, so the previous push Kaby Lake Refresh is still in the 14nm improved version of the second generation 14nm++ manufacturing, If Intel 10 nm is still stuck in the bottleneck, Whiskey Lake mining 14nm++ A new generation of process is reasonable, the outside world speculated that Whiskey lake in the power consumption unchanged, processor performance can be increased by about 10%. In addition, Intel Mobile chips are often used in multiple chip packaging design, each chip package is built into the main processor chip, as well as including networking technology and audio processor and other technologies, such as platform path Controller (PCH), which Kaby Lake refresh of the PCH chip with the previous generation of Kaby Lake same , the Kaby Lake's PCH is also the same as that of earlier skylake generations. However, Intel is expected to introduce new performance and power-dissipation PCH on the coffee Lake-u mobile processor, in which case although Whiskey Lake uses the same PCH as coffee lake-u, However, it is also speculated that Intel's upcoming new generation of $number core processors, named after Whiskey Lake, rather than coffee lake, may mean that Whiskey Lake might adopt a newer PCH chip. From the previous observation, although the Intel product team has been able to launch a new generation of processors that continue to improve performance for years without stepping into the 10nm process, such as the continued introduction of a new generation of processors in the 14NM process improvement version, But it also seems to suggest that Intel may again try to mislead the outside world about the status of its 10nm process technology and the introduction of the time. The report estimates that Intel 14NM process technology to the company to produce Whiskey Lake, should be developed to a very mature technology stage. Although Intel said at the end of October earnings conference call, the company's first low output of 10 NM components are expected to be shipped before the end of 2017 in its grasp process, 10nm base products will be in the next half of the 2018 high production and system availability phase, as to whether this claim is meant to be a new generation whiskey Lake will take a 10nm process to see if the Intel management team has a significant change in the definition of high volume production.
