Intel Corp.'s Coffee Lake Supply Is Improving

In early October, Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) unveiled a new processor family for desktop PCs known by the codename Coffee Lake. The Coffee Lake chips were notable for being the company's first mainstream hex-core desktop processors, as well as being the first products manufactured using the company's new 14nm++ technology, the company's third-generation version of its 14nm technology.

14nm++, Intel claims, delivers about 10% better performance than the prior-generation 14nm+ technology, which in turn delivered a roughly 12% performance boost over the company's first-generation 14nm technology.

Initial supply of Coffee Lake processors, particularly in the retail channels, wasn't good. A PC enthusiast looking to build her or his own computer with a Coffee Lake chip inside would have to constantly monitor the websites of major computer hardware resellers in the hopes that the chips would come back into stock.

Source: Fool.com