Squeeze the toothpaste! You will still be disappointed with Intel's 8th generation Core processors in 2018
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Not long ago, a technology website called BenchLife exposed a lot of information about Intel's 2018 processor product line roadmap, and most of the focus is on desktop computer processors that consumers are most concerned about, which is worth a look. Why do you say that? Because in the past two years, it is not difficult to observe the products released by Intel that Intel can update its mobile products on time every year, but the desktop has been delayed again and again. This year's seventh-generation Kaby Lake architecture desktop processor has not yet been released, which seems to be not concerned enough about desktop chips. Intel's desktop chip business is still very important. We learned from the statistics of the survey agency Statista that the global desktop computer shipments have been in a state of continuous decline for a long time. Specifically, as early as 2010, there were 157 million shipments, but by 2016, the current shipments were only 103 million, a decline of 34% in six years. And the agency predicts that shipments will continue to decline in 2017 and even in 2020. Of course, this may not be too surprising, after all, many mobile computing devices suitable for use on the lap, as well as many portable products such as tablets and large-screen smartphones, can already complete many tasks that ordinary users originally used on desktop computers, and it is normal for them to replace them as the main daily core devices of users. However, the sharp decline in the shipment of desktop computers as a whole is by no means a good thing for Intel, because the order volume of desktop processors still accounts for a large part of Intel's profitable business, with annual revenue exceeding $10 billion. If from some perspectives, Intel's chip business is one of the top ten semiconductor companies in the world today, at least in the HIS survey of the full-year revenue of various semiconductor companies in 2015, Intel ranked in the top ten, but with the decline in desktop chip shipments, it is not impossible to fall out of the list. In terms of the above situation, the scale of Intel's desktop chip business is still quite important today, which has a direct concern for the overall financial level. So, what desktop computer processors has Intel prepared for 2018 that are worth seeing? Without further ado, let's find out. "Another" 14nm Coffee Lake As early as January this year, many of us already knew that Intel's latest generation of desktop computer processors would be designed based on the Kaby Lake seventh-generation Core processor. However, for a long time afterwards, there were rumors that the subsequent microarchitecture that would succeed the Kaby Lake desktop platform would be code-named Coffee Lake. At present, Coffee Lake has been widely reported, and it is said that this is another derivative based on Intel's most mature 14nm process technology. And the news that was also widely reported before was that according to Intel's chip plan that has been emphasized many times, the mass production of the latest 10nm technology chips should be expected in the second half of 2017. But now, it seems a bit uncertain that desktop computer chips will use 10nm. The specific reason is unknown. Intel may have to postpone the ticket until the second half of 2018. BenchLife said that the newly leaked Coffee Lake news was actually information that Intel accidentally posted on the website. It is basically certain that the chip code of Coffee Lake is the product that was called Cannon Lake a long time ago, and Coffee Lake still cannot be built with Intel's latest 10nm process technology. Its upgrade is still mainly to improve the advanced architecture. However, it may be disappointing that Coffee Lake still uses the same core architecture as Kaby Lake. Although the improvement of the underlying architecture of the chip can also bring improvements in performance and energy efficiency, it is unclear whether the improvement is big or small. Considering that Intel has invested a lot of money in chip architecture for a long time to carry out research and development, it is to ensure that the improvement of the architecture can play a big role. We can only pray that it will not disappoint people too much. In addition, BenchLife also stated that Coffee Lake is expected to debut around February 2018, and that time point is exactly one year after the shipment of Kaby Lake desktop chips at the beginning of next year. What's the significance of this? Compared with the desktop processors of the Kaby Lake microarchitecture, if Intel does not make outstanding architectural improvements on Coffee Lake, it is difficult to reflect the "novelty" of the new generation of chips. How will Intel deal with this problem? According to the content leaked by BenchLife, the Coffee Lake microarchitecture desktop processor will have two very eye-catching variants. The first is the so-called "6+2" configuration, specifically "six-core CPU GT2 GPU", which is expected to adopt the same market positioning and pricing as the Kaby Lake quad-core processor, and this processor will be the most worthwhile product of Coffee Lake. The second one worth seeing is the "4+2" configuration, which is the "quad-core CPU GT2 GPU", which is also the representative of Kaby Lake's top desktop chip. If it is reasonably predicted, the quad-core Coffee Lake top processor, with Intel's slight changes to the underlying architecture, coupled with the most mature 14nm process, will inevitably be able to obtain a higher frequency than the Kaby Lake desktop processor, thereby providing better CPU performance. As for the GPU core display, it has only been upgraded to the Gen9.5 generation product, and a big upgrade cannot be expected. In fact, it is too false to say that this upgrade plan is unprecedented, and Intel is already implementing it. The Kaby Lake desktop chip, which will be released early next year, largely maintains the same microarchitecture as Skylake. Intel has only slightly adjusted the tri-gate transistors, focusing on optimizing the aspect ratio and fin spacing space, and improving the transistor channel strain performance. However, Intel has made it clear that the biggest difference between Kaby Lake and Skylake is the process, because its cores are mainly made of "14nm+" process, ensuring that the cores can create higher performance through higher frequencies at a given power. Intel's strategy in 2018 seems to be multi-core! In short, judging from the various revelations of BenchLife, Intel's desktop computer strategy in 2018 is very simple, that is, to improve performance by stacking more processor cores. From the perspective of making money, it is indeed reasonable for Intel to complete a major upgrade at a small cost. In terms of marketing, it can be boasted that a six-core processor is better than a quad-core. Moreover, Intel's mainstream desktop processor lineup has maintained a quad-core configuration for a long time, and many players and enthusiasts also think that it is indeed time to increase the number of cores. However, after so many years, there are still not many application scenarios that can truly make full use of multi-core in the general consumer field, which is the main reason why Intel did not survive by piling up cores. In short, after Coffee Lake, Intel may still find a way to return to the most ideal upgrade strategy, which is to directly improve the performance and energy efficiency of each core, rather than continuing to pile up more cores. As a winner of Toutiao's Qingyun Plan and Baijiahao's Bai+ Plan, the 2019 Baidu Digital Author of the Year, the Baijiahao's Most Popular Author in the Technology Field, the 2019 Sogou Technology and Culture Author, and the 2021 Baijiahao Quarterly Influential Creator, he has won many awards, including the 2013 Sohu Best Industry Media Person, the 2015 China New Media Entrepreneurship Competition Beijing Third Place, the 2015 Guangmang Experience Award, the 2015 China New Media Entrepreneurship Competition Finals Third Place, and the 2018 Baidu Dynamic Annual Powerful Celebrity. |
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