New Intel CPUs for laptops are delayed

Word is going around that Intel's upcoming laptop processors are delayed. A new DigiTimes report doesn't mention the codename of these chips but it's possible that we're talking about the unreleased Whiskey Lake and/or Amber Lake generation. Both are made on the 14nm node as Intel is still struggling immensely with its 10nm technology.

The exact reason for the delay is unknown. The site writes HP, Dell, Lenovo, Acer, ASUS, and others will be unable to launch their new models in the second half of 2018 due to the delay of Intel's new chips. As a result, the industry expects laptop sales will take another hit.

Attention will shift to gaming and business-class laptops, as well as a renewed push for lower-cost consumer laptops.

The delay has prompted the brand vendors to adjust downward their notebook shipment goals for 2018 while also weakening the growth momentum at supply chain players, the sources said. Without the support of Intel's new-generation CPU, notebook vendors will have little to stimulate replacement demand, the sources said.

All they can do, the sources stressed, is to focus more on promoting gaming and business-use notebooks while continuing to lower the costs for consumer models by suspending the incorporation of innovative applications and functions originally designed to go with Intel's new CPU.