Intel delays 10-nm process, third 14-nm CPU to follow Skylake

During the investor conference call for Intel's Q2 financial report, CEO Brian Krzanich confirmed recent rumors that the chipmaker's 10-nm manufacturing process has been delayed. ZDNet has a partial transcript in which Krzanich lauds Moore's Law while stating that Intel's recent node transitions have "signaled that our cadence today is closer to two-and-a-half years than two."

A two-and-a-half-year cadence would result in a gap in Intel's CPU plans. As a result, ZDNet claims Intel is working on a third 14-nm CPU family after Broadwell and Skylake, supposedly carrying the name Lake. The new ...