Thursday, June 21st 2007
Intel accelerates introduction of 1333 FSB CPUs
In order for Intel to speed up the introduction of 1333MHz front-side bus CPUs and boost Intel 3-series desktop chipset (Bearlake) sales, Intel plans to suspend production of five 1066MHz FSB Core 2 Duo CPUs by late 2007, according to sources at motherboard makers.
Intel will suspend landing orders for five 1066MHz FSB CPUs, including E6600, E6700, E6300, E6320 and E6420, by late 2007. Final delivery schedule is set as the first quarter of 2008, the sources detailed.
Since the previous 965-chipset motherboards cannot support CPUs that run at 1333MHz, and Intel is about to introduce its latest Core 2 Duo E6050 family on July 22 along with the introduction of more 3-series chipsets, Intel will thus speed up the transition to higher FSB frequency CPUs, the sources explained.
The upcoming E6050 family includes E6550, E6750 and E6850 with core frequencies 2.33GHz, 2.66GHz and 3GHz respectively. Pricing per thousand is US$163, US$183 and US$266 respectively - about 40% lower than the current 1066MHz CPU lineup.
On a separate note, Intel plans to boost its 3-series chipset shipment proportions to 38% in the third quarter, up from about 15% in the second quarter.
Source:
Digitimes
Intel will suspend landing orders for five 1066MHz FSB CPUs, including E6600, E6700, E6300, E6320 and E6420, by late 2007. Final delivery schedule is set as the first quarter of 2008, the sources detailed.
Since the previous 965-chipset motherboards cannot support CPUs that run at 1333MHz, and Intel is about to introduce its latest Core 2 Duo E6050 family on July 22 along with the introduction of more 3-series chipsets, Intel will thus speed up the transition to higher FSB frequency CPUs, the sources explained.
The upcoming E6050 family includes E6550, E6750 and E6850 with core frequencies 2.33GHz, 2.66GHz and 3GHz respectively. Pricing per thousand is US$163, US$183 and US$266 respectively - about 40% lower than the current 1066MHz CPU lineup.
On a separate note, Intel plans to boost its 3-series chipset shipment proportions to 38% in the third quarter, up from about 15% in the second quarter.
18 Comments on Intel accelerates introduction of 1333 FSB CPUs
Nice idea though.
Anyone without a 1333 board wont be able to buy a Core 2 Duo. They still have the 800 ones, so why not suspend those first?
All this just to bring up sales of the P35 chipset? The 680i SLi chipset also supports 1333 and the 45nm CPUs.
But, from a business standpoint, this makes perfect sense for them, unfortunately.
Looks like I'm gonna have to hold out on an upgrade for a while.
Ashen actually made a good post some time back about how intel changes chipsets every few years. The last chipsets were nice because they still supported most of the intel newer chips.
From an overclocking point of view this sucks, since there will be lower multipliers, and even less fsb headroom.
Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 (LGA775, 3.0GHz, 1333MHz FSB, 4MB L2, Conroe)
Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 (LGA775, 2.66GHz, 1333MHz FSB, 4MB L2, Conroe)
Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 (LGA775, 2.66GHz, 1067MHz FSB, 4MB L2, Conroe)
Intel Core 2 Duo E6550 (LGA775, 2.33GHz, 1333MHz FSB, 4MB L2, Conroe)
Are 65nm WTF and this
link to review from xbitlabs
www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/core2duo-e6850.html