Cannon Lake (microprocessor)

This article is about the Intel microprocessor. For other uses, see Cannon Lake (disambiguation).
Cannon Lake
General information
LaunchedMay 15, 2018; 6 years ago (May 15, 2018)
DiscontinuedFebruary 28, 2020; 4 years ago (February 28, 2020)
Marketed byIntel
Common manufacturer
  • Intel
Performance
Max. CPU clock rate3.2 GHz
Architecture and classification
Technology nodeIntel 10 nm (tri-gate) transistors
MicroarchitecturePalm Cove
Physical specifications
Cores
  • 2
GPUFactory disabled
Socket
  • BGA 1440
Products, models, variants
Product code name
  • CNL
Brand name
History
PredecessorsMobile: Coffee Lake (2nd optimization)
Kaby Lake Refresh (2nd optimization)
SuccessorIce Lake (architecture)
Support status
Legacy support for iGPU

Cannon Lake is Intel's codename for the 8th generation of Core processors based on Palm Cove, a 10 nm die shrink of the Kaby Lake microarchitecture. As a die shrink, Palm Cove is a new process in Intel's process-architecture-optimization execution plan as the next step in semiconductor fabrication.[1] Cannon Lake CPUs are the first mainstream CPUs to include the AVX-512 instruction set.

Prior to Cannon Lake's launch, Intel launched another 14 nm process refinement with the codename Coffee Lake.[2]

The successor of Cannon Lake is Ice Lake, powered by the Sunny Cove microarchitecture, which represents the architecture phase in the process-architecture-optimization model.[3][4]

  1. ^ Mujtaba, Hassan (June 6, 2014). "Intel's Cannonlake 10nm Microarchitecture is Due For 2016 - Compatible On Union Bay With Union Point PCH". Wccftech. Retrieved September 24, 2014.
  2. ^ Carey, Gabe (May 13, 2019). "Intel Coffee Lake release date, news and features". TechRadar. Retrieved December 15, 2022.
  3. ^ Bourque, Brad (January 25, 2016). "Intel's Kaby Lake will sneak in before the 10nm process". Digital Trends. Retrieved February 1, 2016.
  4. ^ Eassa, Ashraf (January 25, 2016). "What's the Name of Intel's Third 10-Nanometer Chip?". The Motley Fool. Archived from the original on May 18, 2016. Retrieved February 1, 2016.