Intel appears to have cancelled its "Cannonlake" processors and instead they will introduce "Kaby Lake" in 2016. The first 10nm CPU will be codenamed "Ice Lake" and it's release should be somewhen during 2017. This CPU will then re-introduce fully integrated voltage regulator (FIVR), which is not present in the upcoming Skylake processors.

FIVR lets Intel have more control over how and where power is delivered in the CPU. Apart from that it simplifies motherboard design. Maybe you might have wondered, why there are no motherboards for Haswell processors with featuring insane amounts of power phases. This was actually due to the fact, that Haswell comes with FIVR.

Until today, there is almost no information available on Intels "Ice Lake" processors. These CPUs should feature 10nm process technology and they might support 512-bit AVX instructions. You might be wondering why Intel did not include FIVR into upcoming "Skylake" processors. Rumors are that the TDP of "Skylake" is already at the maximum Intel wants it to be, which made them remove the FIVR, which would have also generated a few additional watt in heat. Instead motherboard vendors can take care of this again, which will be very welcome be overclockers. For them it's always great if there are more different voltages to play with in order to get the maximum out of a CPU, even under the most extreme circumstances.




Source: Hardwareluxx