Cannon Lake was supposed to be Gen 7
 

Intel's 10nm is two years late

Intel hasn't announced its 10nm processors, despite us expecting them before the end of 2017. While there is a good indication that we shall see 10nm from Intel in 2018, it means that Chipzilla is two years behind with 10nm.

In August 2015 Intel announced its second generation 14nm process based on a processor codenamed Skylake. This was a tick from the 22nm Broadwell architecture. Broadwell itself was the Tock (the new architecture) from Skylake.

Skylake arrived in August 2015 as the Gen 6 Intel or 6000 series. The original plan was to follow up with the 7th generation in 10nm and give it the codename Cannon Lake.

http://fudzilla.com/news/processors/...ed-to-be-gen-7