(Updated) 6-Core Intel processors going mainstream in 2018 with Coffee Lake
As AMDs processors close in with some Zen slowly yet steadily we see some movement at Intel as well. For ages now 4-core processors have been the norm in the mainstream desktop segment, it seems that 6-core Intel processors are finally becoming mainstream in 2018.
This news-item (from July 2016) has been updated with new screenshots.
In it's yearly Form 10-K document about Intel's financials the company now really makes note of a three-step cycle. So after a new procedure (die shrink), there will be a new architecture followed by an upgrade of that architecture. This way Intel can release a new processor each year. However it now seems there will even be a 4th step.
Basically following Kaby Lake to release there will be a fourth generation processor series fabbed on the 14nm production process called Coffee Lake. It is interesting as at that same time the mobile/laptop Cannon Lake processors have already moved to 10 nm. It does make sense as Intel over a year ago announced to abandon its tick-tock model, which alternately introduced a new architecture and a new production process. Basically Intel will use whatever fab process works out the best for them practially and economically aimed at a certain target area.
Coffee Lake CPUs will get two, four or six cores and will get a GT3e, an on-board GPU with dedicated video memory. The processors are rated at a 35 Watt to 45 Watt TDP range.
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Microarchitecture | CPU series | Tick or Tock | Cycle | Fab node | Year Released |
Presler/Cedar Mill | Pentium 4 / D | Tick | 65 nm | 2006 | |
Conroe/Merom | Core 2 Duo/Quad | Tock | 65 nm | 2006 | |
Penryn | Core 2 Duo/Quad | Tick | 45 nm | 2007 | |
Nehalem | Core i | Tock | 45 nm | 2008 | |
Westmere | Core i | Tick | 32 nm | 2010 | |
Sandy Bridge | Core i 2xxx | Tock | 32 nm | 2011 | |
Ivy Bridge | Core i 3xxx | Tick | 22 nm | 2012 | |
Haswell | Core i 4xxx | Tock | 22 nm | 2013 | |
Broadwell | Core i 5xxx | Tick | Process | 14 nm | 2014 & 2015 for desktops |
Skylake | Core i 6xxx | Tock | Architecture | 14 nm | 2016 |
Kaby lake | Core i 7xxx | Tock | Optimization | 14 nm | 2017 |
Coffee Lake | Core i 7xxx | Tock | Optimization | 10 nm | 2018 |
Cannonlake | Core i 8xxx? | Tick | Process | 10 nm | 2018 |
Icelake | Core i 8xxx? | Tock | Architecture | 10 nm | 2019 |
Tiger Lake | Core i 9xxx? | Tock | Optimization | 10 nm | 2020 |
tba | tba | Tick | Process | 7 nm | 2020 |
The new road-map that was spotted at PC Watch also shows the first Cannon Lake processors scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2017. This involves the U and Y models, for laptops and 2-in-1's.
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yay
and we also get GT3e for super-sweet ultra-cool summer retro gaming

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I don't like Coffee : /
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Yeah.
Wow... 2018.
A 6 core CPU...
2018........
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So we gonna finally see a i5's 6-core?
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Took 'em long enough...