Intel Cannonlake Leaked - It's 3D

[cytg111]

No and easier probably not but cheaper for Intel in the long run yes.

I was going to say that it is primarily a server move, but with 8 cores going mainstream... its really a "margins extender" .. cheaper to produce, sells cheaper, puts the hurt on AMD.

 

[DrMrLordX]

Interesting that Intel mentions CNL directly in the documents. CNL has already been demoed in a laptop:

http://hexus.net/tech/news/cpu/101143-intel-demos-10nm-cannon-lake-laptop-ces/

So are we to believed that said laptop has a stacked 3D chip in it? On 10nm? With acceptable yields? I'll believe it when I see it. And maybe I will, too.

 

[airfathaaaaa]

http://wccftech.com/amd-patent-zen-apu-integrated-fpga-hbm2/ people forgot already about this

 

[Murloc]

interesting but from the patent it looks like the purpose is semicustom stuff for server farms at big companies.

 

[18436572]

What's the homerun that Intel is claiming? Nothing at all close to the 15% performance increase in Sysmark that they claimed that I can see?? Don't care about outright marketing terms.

The intra-core "mesh" no longer has to travel around the outside like two trailer park girls. The communication channels are shortened by going 3D so the signals take less time to get to their destinations and can run at higher frequencies.