Intel originally planned to start mass production of 10nm processors back in 2016, and the first such chips were to be representatives of the family . But something went wrong. No, the Cannon Lake family was still presented, but only one processor got into it - mobile . Now, details about two more unreleased Cannon Lakes have appeared on the Web.
A well-known leaker aliased _rogame found test records in the 3DMark database of two unknown processors from the Cannon Lake-H family. By belonging to this family, we can conclude that they were supposed to be the first 10-nm Intel chips for high-performance mobile computers.
One of the processors had six cores and worked on six threads. Its base clock speed was only 1 GHz, and the test could not determine the maximum Turbo frequency. Another failed novelty already had eight cores and sixteen threads. The base frequency in this case was 1,8 GHz, and the maximum Turbo frequency in this test reached 2 GHz.
Apparently, Intel's decision not to release such processors was influenced not only by production problems, but also by low clock speeds. As you know, even mobile processors of the family released last year , which can be considered the first full-fledged family of 10-nm Intel chips, cannot boast of a high frequency. The problem can only be fixed in the next generation β .
As a result, instead of Cannon Lake-H, Intel introduced the six-core Coffee Lake-H in 2018, and the eight-core Coffee Lake-H Refresh came out a year later. Initially, Intel planned to release such processors earlier and with better characteristics. But the problems with the development of the 10-nm process technology put an end to them.
In addition, the source found records of testing a pair of unreleased Cannon Lake-Y processors. Both had two cores and four threads. One of them clocked at 1,5 GHz, and the other at 2,2 GHz. Interestingly, according to the test results, they outperform their predecessors, the dual-core Kaby Lake-Y, by more than 10%. However, manufacturing difficulties have closed the doors to the big world for these chips as well.
Source: 3dnews.ru