
Intel certifies Ice Lake CPU: In the first quarter of the earnings conference call, Intel provided the latest information about its 10-nanometer process technology.
The company’s first 10 nanometer CPU will be mass produced and widely used, the new processor Certification began in the quarter, so Ice Lake-U-based products will be available during the US holiday as promised.
Intel began production of the Ice Lake-U processor in the first quarter, but these chips will not be lifted until they are certified by PC manufacturers. Once the CPU is certified (Intel is expected to be Q2 this year).
The manufacturer can start selling/shipping these CPUs, and this may be delayed until the third quarter. Taking into account the delivery time required on the store shelves, based on Ice Lake-U’s PC is expected to be available in the fourth quarter (Intel reiterated this today).
Intel’s Ice Lake-U is a four-core processor based on Sunny Cove architecture (including support for VNNI, encryption ISA instructions, etc.).
Intel Gen11 integrated graphics card is used. The CPU will support Thunderbolt 3, 802.11ax Wi-Fi with the native computer.
It is expected that the TDP of the whole Ice Lake-U package will be 15W, so the product will meet the needs of thin and mainstream notebook computers
Source: ItHome