Intel Ivy Bridge Systems Now Slated for 1H 2012
Tri-gate to hit the big time a year from now.
Intel's Sandy Bridge chip and platform is the top-of-the-line right now and it's what you want if you're looking for a new Intel-based desktop or laptop.
Sandy Bridge's successor, Ivy Bridge, was originally thought to debut late in 2011, but now an updated Intel roadmap along with comments made by executives at Computex confirm that the next generation processor will debut in 2012 instead.
This leaked slide found by a Chinese site plots out Ivy Bridge's entry sometime during March and April next year.
Futhermore, Intel's Executive Vice President Sean Maloney confirmed at his Computex keynote that Ivy Bridge is scheduled for availability in systems in the first half of 2012.
Ivy Bridge itself will be an impressive bump over Sandy Bridge already with it being the first high-volume chip based on Intel’s 22 nanometer manufacturing technology that uses a revolutionary 3-D transistor design called Tri-Gate announced in May. Maloney also highlighted complimentary USB 3.0 and Thunderbolt technologies which are part of Intel’s ongoing work to drive the PC platform forward.
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All the more headstart for Bulldozer
it will be interesting to see how bulldozer competes with the current intel offerings,
i wouldnt be supprized if it is the same performece as sandy bridge
I would expect it to be better than Sandybridge or if not at least cheaper otherwise there would be utterly no reason to buy into it
Sandy Bridge is not top-of-the-line right now. It's just the newest tech. It's mostly mainstream - that's middle-of-the-line. The 1366 processors are still the top-of-the-line. The performance boost due in Ivy Bridge is about 30%. So nothing to wet your underpants over.
Bulldozer?
You can't be serious right? AMD are so far behind it's not even funny i'd be surprised if they can even compete with the Westmere chips of last generation let alone the upcoming ones.
Can we please stop pretending that there is any other reason to buy AMD cpu's other than their cheapness, or because you are harbouring some delusional & childish ideals that you are somehow "sticking it to the man" by buying an inferior product.