Revised Ivy Bridge Launch Schedule Confirmed – New 13″ MBP and MBA to Come Only in June?

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CPU World’s Gennadiy Shvets notes that Intel’s Ivy Bridge launch has been delayed twice, first pushed back from Q1 to Q2 2012, then delayed another two weeks. Shvets reports that the currently-targeted launch date for quad-core desktop Ivy Bridge CPUs is April 29, and while the rollout timeline for the new generation mobile processors has been rumored to be delayed until June, the latest desktop and mobile roadmaps confirm that both desktop and mobile Ivy Bridge chips will be released at the same time, the first wave to come April 8, and another announcement to follow somewhere between April 22 and April 28. That one will include only quad-core models including mobile Core i7 and Core i5 families, with the announced chips to be available to customers April 29. Moving aong, more Core i5 desktop and Core i5 dual-core mobile microprocessors will be introduced on June 3rd, and while there was a rumor that the Core i3 mobile chips would not be transitioned to Ivy Bridge, CPU World believes that Core i3 mobiles will be released after all.

Shvets has posted tables showing specifications and prices of the new processor lines.

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New 13″ MBP and MBA to Come Only in June?

HardMac’s Lionel deduces that CPU World’s Ivy Bridge release timeline would dovetail nicely with an iMac refresh announcement on May 1st, 2nd or 8th, but new MacBook Pro models will have to wait until appropriate CPUs to become available, especially for the 13″ model. Lionel suggests that Apple is probably upset with Intel’s Ivy Bridge release delays, since notebooks account for a strong majority of its Mac sales.

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