A while back, various leaks showed that microprocessor giant Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) was planning to introduce two waves of processors for its upcoming Purley server platform — Skylake-EP and EX, and Cannon Lake-EP and EX.
Skylake-EP and EX represent all new architectures built using the company’s 14-nanometer+ technology, while Cannon Lake-EP and EX were supposed to represent mild architectural enhancements of the Skylake-EP and EX chips, but with the benefit of being built on the company’s upcoming 10-nanometer chip manufacturing technology.