Thursday, April 12th 2012
Desktop Core i3 "Ivy Bridge" CPUs Won't Arrive till Q3
Although Intel will launch its first 3rd Generation Core processor family, based on the 22 nm "Ivy Bridge" silicon, towards the end of this month, it will not be in a position to launch Core i3 desktop processors until Q3. These include 3.40 GHz Core i3-3240, the 3.00 GHz Core i3-3240T, the 3.30 GHz Core i3-3225, the 3.30 GHz Core i3-3220 (slower IGP) and the 2.80 GHz Core i3-3220T. All these chips pack two cores, four threads (with HyperThreading enabled), and 3 MB of L3 cache.
The standard models have 55W TDP, with the energy-efficient "T" models bearing just 35W rated TDP. Introduction of these chips was originally slated for June, but the delay to Q3 may have been caused due to a variety of factors, such as undigested inventories of current-generation chips or even lack of 22 nm production volumes (with a bulk of them being allocated to mobile chips). Q3 begins in July.
Source:
VR-Zone
The standard models have 55W TDP, with the energy-efficient "T" models bearing just 35W rated TDP. Introduction of these chips was originally slated for June, but the delay to Q3 may have been caused due to a variety of factors, such as undigested inventories of current-generation chips or even lack of 22 nm production volumes (with a bulk of them being allocated to mobile chips). Q3 begins in July.
14 Comments on Desktop Core i3 "Ivy Bridge" CPUs Won't Arrive till Q3
same reason there is not ivy bridge i3 laptop, and probably never will be (only i5 dual core mobile ivy bridge)
so they are giving i5 ivy bridge gpu a full quarter to tease users with expensive hd4000 part
and then they will release i3 with weak hd2500 part, and pentiums/celerons even worse gpu
they can't make hd4000 as basic part for all integrated cpu's
intel can afford themself to sell integrated crap to customers
thanks for years of marketing
Sandy Bridge i3 is really good value for money, I am looking forward to the continuation of the trend :)