Intel is struggling with the shift to a 10nm CPU manufacturing process, to the point where Moore’s Law – the theory that processor transistor count doubles every 18 to 24 months – is starting to falter according to The Next Web.

It also means that Intel’s Cannonlake processors, which were meant to be built on the 10nm process and come out in 2016, have been delayed to 2017, while later this year will see the release of Skylake processors built on the 14nm process, as announced on an investor call yesterday by Intel CEO Brian Krzanich.

This has resulted in the first tick-tock-tock in Intel’s famous tick-tock cycle since the concept started dictating Intel’s development cycle back in 2007.

“Tick” is the release of a brand new processor architecture on a new manufacturing process, while “tock” sees the refinement of that architecture while the process remains the same; Skylake was intended to be another “tick”, but has instead been relegated to just another “tock” due to Intel’s issues at moving over to 10nm.

But fret not, because Krzanich believes Moore’s Law “can change”, and this hiccup is merely a “transition”.

Perhaps Intel needs to team up with the boffins over at Big Blue to reach 10nm and beyond, as IBM demonstrated a functioning CPU built on their own 7nm process just a week back.

[Source – The Next Web, Image – Intel]