Intel 10-nm "Cannon Lake" chips delay fall-out
 

Not until next year

Intel's move to delaying the mass production of its 10-nanometer "Cannon Lake" chips has had a mixed reaction from the techworld.

For those who came in late, Intel insists that it is already building the chips in low volumes, but said it now expects 10-nanometer volume production to shift to 2019 rather than the end of 2018.

CEO Brian Krzanich acknowledged as much during an earnings call, attributing the delay to difficulties in getting 10nm yields to where they need to be. So rather than push to ship 10nm in volume this year, Intel is giving itself some additional time to sort things out.

So rather than push to ship 10nm in volume this year, Intel is giving itself some additional time to sort things out.

Intel has said that its own 10-nanometer tech will be superior to that of Samsung and TSMC, as it will have more features per square inch. However, it's getting so far behind that even if that's accurate - and some industry watchers don't think so - it might be moot by the time the chips arrive. Krzanich noted during the earnings call that it has improved 14-nanometer performance by 70 percent since it first launched.

Pat Moorhead, the principal analyst at Moore Insights, told PCWorld that he was happy with Intel's decision.

"I was glad to see Intel reset 10nm shipment expectations to volumes in 2019 and believe in the future Intel will try to decouple transistors and nodes from shipping products and lean into advanced packages," Moorhead said.

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