Tuesday, February 8th 2011
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Intel Accelerating Ivy Bridge Unveiling to Computex 2011
Intel is preparing to unveil its next-generation processors based on the Ivy Bridge architecture as early as by Computex 2011 (May 30 to June 4), according to Commercial Times, a Chinese language business newspaper. Ivy Bridge is an optical shrink of the Sandy Bridge architecture, processors based on it will be manufactured on the 22 nanometer silicon fabrication process. Intel launched its Sandy Bridge 32 nm processors at CES 2011, in January. In related news from the same source, AMD has also accelerated the production of its Llano APUs and is expected to begin shipping the APUs to ODM/OEM makers in May at the earliest instead of the original schedule set in the third quarter.
Source:
DigiTimes
22 Comments on Intel Accelerating Ivy Bridge Unveiling to Computex 2011
What? you think you can have 22nm chips this year?
And TSMC is struggling with 40nm, and now 28nm, what makes you think they can do 20nm before end of next year??? (i.e. 2012)
Intel was slated to release 22nm next year around january, and AMD will release 32nm this April or so.
If INTEL indeed releases 22nm so early they must be scared or something that's why they are hurrying, or maybe their 22nm has come out very very well.
Either way, bad news for AMD. How can we expect their 32nm to compete with INTELs much cheaper 22nm processors(hence faster due to higher possible clocks and more transistors and cores in the same die space)
If its really that much faster, im probably gonna skip SB for it.
im also very interested in how bulldozer performs, i hope the difference will be like the difference between phenom 1 to 2 was... competition to Intel is always good;)
That's not to say that other companies have inferior processes, it just takes longer for them to get to where Intel is currently at.
also, my name is not "the other guy". i aquired enough posts and stars to be called "Velvet Wafer" ;)
www.cdrinfo.com/sections/news/Details.aspx?NewsId=27033
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semiconductor_manufacturing
It took TSMC about a year to really get 40nm rocking so who knows how 28nm is going to end up.
www.eetasia.com/ART_8800583328_480200_NT_82d4d759.HTM
It sounds like 32nm was a half node whereas 28nm is the more significant node. Maybe they decided they were dumping too many resources at a relatively insignificant step and needed to move on to not fall behind.