Rumour: Intel Ivy Bridge launch delayed
Looks like we're going to have to wait until we can have a play with these...
Intel is said to have made the decision to delay the launch until March 2012. We had previously expected Ivy Bridge to launch in late 2011 or early 2012, possibly at the CES show that occurs in early January.
According to DigiTimes, Intel could also delay the proposed $500 million investment in equipment to upgrade Fab 24 to a 22nm process. ‘Although the investment amount has not yet been changed,' says the site, 'Intel reportedly is considering halting the plans.’
As well as the knock-on implications of the fab upgrade, DigiTimes also says that Ivy Bridge laptops will be delayed.’Notebook models with the new platform will start appearing in the channel in April,' says the site, 'to allow a smooth transition between the existing Sandy Bridge platform and the new platform.’
Ivy Bridge is a die shrink of Intel's excellent Sandy Bridge design, and is scheduled to be Intel's first chip design to use the company's fancy new 3D Tri-Gate transistors to further boost speed and lower power consumption.
Are you disappointed by this rumour, or are you too excited by other new high-end hardware on the horizon? Let us know in the forum.
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Discuss in the forums ReplyNot in the slightest I'd assume
http://semiaccurate.com/2011/09/01/intels-ivy-bridge-delay-rumors-are-laughable/
Or maybe you should stop getting your news out of the ether? :)
Games expand to fill the computing power available.
Interesting read, thanks.
Very true, and it takes new high-end products to drag the mainstream further along - and it is mainstream components that games are targeted at.
Indeed! Transition to 22nm FINFET isn't easy even for almighty Intel...or maybe their driver teams are having difficulties with HD4000? One might start spreading wonderful rumours these days...
I never knew CPU's were solely used for games!
Perhaps their industrial spies have had an early look at Bulldozer benchmarks and thought.."Meh..nothing to worry about there...SB will do fine for now"..
OR
Perhaps Intel are thinking "lets just delay a little, so we can see how fast bulldozer really is and adjust ours IF we need to"
I think he was joking. Surely he can't be serious when posting the link, only thing semi accurate is good for is a laugh before bed.
i can only hope so
Speculation at this point, but intel do seem to be getting more over-clock friendly with each generation.
indeed i cant wait for IB should massacre my current ppd on my i7 970 :D :D
Never enough. MOAR OC REQUIRED!!
Semi Accurate has produced more trusted noteworthy journalism than this site could ever dream off. I know Charlie can rant sometimes, but he can produce some excellent investigative journalism. He always seems to get some decent news first (most of time it turns out to be true) and just not copy what every other tech site reports.
As far as Intel's concerned, Bulldozer will at worst convince them to drop the price a bit on a few of their existing chips, because if AMD is going to compete anywhere it's going to be on price.
I would put digitimes as more accurate than semiaccurate, and 95% of all people would, too.
Yup lack of competition I rekon
It may have something to do with BD. They could capitilize more on the months that they have leading for a start. Then force prices down on the new amd range, and they';; sell more because of it also.
It could be a ploy to keep AMD competitive. There is no point smashing them out the ball park constantly as they'll end up forcing their competitors out of business and be left with a monopoly, which people aren't to fond of.
laptops get hot, thats what they do, all that power in so little space to col it down think about it.
ive owned a celeron lappie in the past that got hot its just what laptops do.
yes sir you are correct
youd be suprised...maybe not in the fragfest cod style of games...
but play suppreme commander with 8 players and 2000 unit cap...your processor will soon start to scream...even my friends i7 980 @ 3.9ghz cries out in pain and the game grinds to a halt...
No real rush for ivy bridge. March isnt that far off anyway.
I am dissapoint :(
With the uncertainties in Ireland at the moment, I hope they don't eventually decide to pull out entirely.
if im going to replace my Q6600 it might be for this, depends on how it performs.