While the 10 nm process continues to be delayed, Intel prepares more new CPUs that are still produced in an optimized 14 nm process. This means that Intel will continue to increase the number of CPU cores increase the performance. Next year, octa core CPUs are expected to arrive in laptops for the first time.
https://www.notebookcheck.net/Coffee-Lake-Refresh-Octa-Core-Laptop-CPUs-will-likely-be-released-in-early-2019.314054.0.html
ahem! although technically speaking, ryzen series is desktop oriented, there are some laptops out there on the market spotting ryzen 1700. So is it the first time to see octa-core CPU on laptops? I would dare to say no :)