Intel To Release Ivy Bridge Processors At The End Of April

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Digitimes’ Monica Chen and Joseph Tsai report that Intel is expected to officially announce its latest Ivy Bridge processors at the end of April, and that first-tier notebook brand vendors have been aggressively competing for available capacity from Intel, according to insider sources.

Chen and Tsai note that mass shipments of Ivy Bridge processors were originally reported to be delayed by eight weeks, but Intel has recently clariofied that it will only postpone the launch by a few weeks and that production is on schedule according to its existing plans, but the unnamed industry moles are telling them that Intel has adjusted its Ivy Bridge processor capacity deployment to increase the proportions for ultrabook and smartphone platforms., while for traditional desktop and notebook segments, Intel will mainly supply high-end processors initially.

Consequently, they project that with Ultrabook vendors aggressively placing orders for Ivy Bridge-based processors, some are expected to be able to release second-generation ultrabooks as soon as May with prices dropping to around US $799-899, and by year-end 2012, ultrabooks are expected to account for 15-20% of total consumer notebook shipments with the proportion to rise to 40% in 2013 and surpass 50% by the end of 2013, the insider sources predict.

According to the report, new Ivy Bridge-based ultrabook processors expected to launch at the end of April include:
• Dual-core i7-2677M at 1.8GHz (US$317)
• Core i7-2637M at 1.7GHz (US$289)
• Core i5-2557M at 1.7GHz (US$250)
• Core i7-2657M at 1.6GHz (US$317)
• Core i7-2617M at 1.5GHz (US$289)
• Core i5-2537M at 1.8GHz (US$259).

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Quick Overview of Intel’s Ivy Bridge CPU Release Roadmap

HardMac’s Lionel, citing a Fudzilla report, says that while the release of Ivy Bridge CPUs is now planned for April 29th, Intel CPU rollout roadmap looks like:
• April 2012: Ivy-Bridge and 22-nm engraving.
• mid 2013: Haswell, revamped CPU design, 22-nm engraving.
• mid 2014 Broadwell, first CPU to be engraved at 14 nm, with a design similar to Haswell.

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