Intel’s chip architects promise innovations despite setbacks

Intel’s top chip engineers gave a rare briefing on Tuesday about the company’s approach to designing its family of chips under the banner of Intel architecture, and they promised that good things are coming despite some well-publicized setbacks. The engineers lifted the veil on the microarchitecture for the upcoming Tiger Lake 10-nanometer CPU (central processing unit), which is slated to be unveiled in products on September 2.

The briefing was the first detailed technical discussion about Intel’s innovation plans since 2018. One reason it has been so long is that Intel has had a hard time getting its chip manufacturing right. This has held up its efforts to compete with rival Advanced Micro Devices, which has enjoyed a historic period of growth in the past three years.