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Intel Ivy Bridge CPUs may launch in March
Sylvie Barak
10/21/2011 9:43 PM EDT
SAN FRANCISCO--Intel Corp.’s 22-nm Ivy Bridge CPUs will likely launch in March, one quarter later than originally planned, but well within Intel’s revised timeframe of “Spring 2012.”
Intel originally targeted late 2011 for Ivy Bridge, in time for launch at the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, but that timeframe had been pushed back by the firm owing to delays. Intel’s current Sandy Bridge generation of CPUs was unveiled at CES in January 2011.
In an earnings call earlier this week, Intel CEO Paul Otellini said Ivy Bridge had now gone in to volume production, and would be available by the spring. Analysts, however, said they believe Intel should be able to start shipping by the end of 2012’s first quarter, information bolstered by reports from Taiwan claiming motherboard makers had cited a March launch date.
“Expect to see products on the early side of Q1,” said analyst David Kanter of Real World Technologies, explaining that Intel will probably ship to OEMs in early to mid Q1.
“The delays with Ivy Bridge are related to ramping the new 22-nm manufacturing, which is understandable given the move from a planar process to FinFETs,” he added.
The first iterations of Ivy Bridge processors purportedly come in both dual and quad core variants, alongside new chipsets to replace the current Z8 and P67 versions, with the upcoming Intel Z77 and Z75 according to unconfirmed reports from Taiwanese motherboard makers. Those sources added that the TDP of the dual core models would likely be 35W and 55W while the quad cores would come with TDP ratings of 45W, 65W, and 77W.
Meanwhile, Intel’s Xeon E5 server offerings will also launch later than expected. “The Xeon E5 slipped a quarter, primarily due to platform level validation and lack of competitive pressure,” Kanter said adding, "AMD's Interlagos is somewhat late as well."
Xeon E5 processors are all Sandy Bridge-EP, while Xeon E3 is Ivy Bridge, but only single socket.
"Intel had always hedged the timeline for the E5 series, partially because of the platform changes such as integrated PCI-E 3.0," Kanter concluded.
Intel originally targeted late 2011 for Ivy Bridge, in time for launch at the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, but that timeframe had been pushed back by the firm owing to delays. Intel’s current Sandy Bridge generation of CPUs was unveiled at CES in January 2011.
In an earnings call earlier this week, Intel CEO Paul Otellini said Ivy Bridge had now gone in to volume production, and would be available by the spring. Analysts, however, said they believe Intel should be able to start shipping by the end of 2012’s first quarter, information bolstered by reports from Taiwan claiming motherboard makers had cited a March launch date.
“Expect to see products on the early side of Q1,” said analyst David Kanter of Real World Technologies, explaining that Intel will probably ship to OEMs in early to mid Q1.
“The delays with Ivy Bridge are related to ramping the new 22-nm manufacturing, which is understandable given the move from a planar process to FinFETs,” he added.
The first iterations of Ivy Bridge processors purportedly come in both dual and quad core variants, alongside new chipsets to replace the current Z8 and P67 versions, with the upcoming Intel Z77 and Z75 according to unconfirmed reports from Taiwanese motherboard makers. Those sources added that the TDP of the dual core models would likely be 35W and 55W while the quad cores would come with TDP ratings of 45W, 65W, and 77W.
Meanwhile, Intel’s Xeon E5 server offerings will also launch later than expected. “The Xeon E5 slipped a quarter, primarily due to platform level validation and lack of competitive pressure,” Kanter said adding, "AMD's Interlagos is somewhat late as well."
Xeon E5 processors are all Sandy Bridge-EP, while Xeon E3 is Ivy Bridge, but only single socket.
"Intel had always hedged the timeline for the E5 series, partially because of the platform changes such as integrated PCI-E 3.0," Kanter concluded.
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elctrnx_lyf
10/22/2011 3:44 PM EDT
is there any plans to launch a single soc to help the low cost low power tablet design.
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SylvieBarak
10/22/2011 3:58 PM EDT
Hey Kiran, yes, but that would be Medfield (Intel's next generation of Atom). Medfield devices are due out in the first half of 2012, so stay tuned!
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docdivakar
10/28/2011 12:57 PM EDT
Isn't Intel missing the boat, if that tablet product is so far out? ARM is forging ahead in the mean time. I recently saw @ARM TechCon a very low cost design for a $25 motherboard design of a computer. A single module with all I/O's & peripherals, had good graphics on a 24inch monitor.
MP Divakar
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t.alex
10/22/2011 7:35 PM EDT
Ivy Bridge is designed for tablet as well?
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SylvieBarak
10/23/2011 1:27 AM EDT
um, not really t.alex. Sure, Ivy Bridge could be crammed into a tablet if anyone REALLY wanted to, but it would be a massive power suck, and Ivy Bridge is designed more for Ultrabooks. Medfield is Intel's smartphone and tablet chip, as it consumes vastly less power. There's even a dual core version of medfield coming out, which is more than enough to satisfy the needs of most tablets.
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kinnar
10/24/2011 12:09 AM EDT
Ivy has more better performance in-terms of CPU and Graphics processing compared to sandy bridge, simultaneously it is also being claimed that it will consume less power due to to Intel proprietary Tri-Gate Transistors, so let us see when it comes it might become better go compared to Sandy Bridge Architecture.
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