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Intel's Cannonlake generation could be going to eight cores?

I don't see why 10 nm makes a difference. Since 32 nm each new node hasn't run any cooler or consumed less power, they just use the extra die space for beefier IGP cores.
 
So are these just the normal chips that will be going 8 core or the enthusiast Cannonlake-E chips? Because if its just the normal chips going 8 core I'd be interested to know how many cores a Cannonlake-E chip will have.
 
This is exactly why AMD are vital, just the hint of ZEN 8 cores has Intel preparing more than 4 core mainstream finally.

A competitive AMD will be make things better for everyone even if you don't buy AMD..
 
Sigh... now I'll have to wait even longer on upgrading this i7 920. Thanks, Intel. You could have released 8 core mainstream already.
 
Just think about how stupidly priced these will be. It's £200 for a four core i5 and £320 for a 4 core plus HT i7 now. Just think how much they will charge for a 8 core cpu. It will probably be cheaper to go to X99 or whatever the replacement will be.
 
DragonQ said:
I don't see why 10 nm makes a difference. Since 32 nm each new node hasn't run any cooler or consumed less power, they just use the extra die space for beefier IGP cores.
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Might be that the smaller die is now at a point where cooling high clock speed chips is an issue (hence why clock speeds have been relatively static, and IPC has been a focus).

IPC improvements are now running out, so a cheap and relatively easy way to improve performance in to move to an an AMD style MOAR CORES! model (especially now consoles are on multi core cpus, and software is being optimised for 4+ threads rather the the initial 2 whilst Core 2 Duo were still the mainstream PC platform).
 
pastymuncher said:
Just think about how stupidly priced these will be. It's £200 for a four core i5 and £320 for a 4 core plus HT i7 now. Just think how much they will charge for a 8 core cpu. It will probably be cheaper to go to X99 or whatever the replacement will be.
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Or 8 core 1.2ghz!
 
I'd be very surprised if this is true - most likely he is simply talking about the Extreme versions of the desktop CPU's when he mentions 8 cores.

However, it wouldn't be out of the realm of possibility that Intel will finally roll out a mainstream 8 core for Cannonlake - remember it's 2 years away, thats a long long time.
 
In the version of this story I read it was saying "up to 8" and referred only to the E line, the message was "same old drill as usual" as people always wonder if the top chip will add extra.

They only just gave us an 8 for £1000, with throttling, only way mainstream is getting it before 2020 is if AMD step up.
 
sam77 said:
Sigh... now I'll have to wait even longer on upgrading this i7 920. Thanks, Intel. You could have released 8 core mainstream already.
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I'm sure you can find a 970 or 980X cheap enough these days to give yourself another 2 cores...then you'd have even less reason to upgrade :p other than PCI-E 3 and SATA 6Gb of course
 
Jokester said:
Doubt this will be true.
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Agreed - I remember before Skylake was unveiled there was all sorts of talk about how they'd move to more cores than 4 for mainstream chips. They didn't.

Cannonlake is just a die-shrink of Skylake and I'd be most surprised if they added extra cores... not least because it'll require a new socket (more pins!) They could in theory make whatever the X99 followup is (X119?) mainstream, but that'd eat into their "enthusiast" sales.

If they're going to tinker with adding extra cores I reckon it'll be on whatever follows Cannonlake, a new architecture is a more likely time for it to happen IMO.
 
More cores would be nice but since AMD doesn't really give them any major competition they can afford to be lax on the rollouts. If only there was a third player to enter the market things might heat up a bit.
 
Wonder how close to actual 10nm it will be - quite a lot of the claims for "10nm" are actually "something" sub ~19nm planar.
 
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