Ivy Bridge

According to the folks over at DigiTimes, Intel is set to launch their Ivy Bridge CPUs on April 8th of this year (see our post on Ivy Bridge pricing). There will be a good selection of Core i7 and Core i5 CPUs at launch and accompanying them will be Intel’s 7-series chipsets – notably Z77, [...]

Intel’s upcoming 22nm die-shrink of the Sandy Bridge platform, known as Ivy Bridge, is coming in Q2 2012 and today we have some more details to share! As we have been expecting, the prices are not that far off of current Sandy Bridge prices and while early benchmarks (keep in mind that these are rumours) [...]

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Intel’s CPU Pipeline Gets Detailed

by Cole on December 4, 2011 · 1 comment

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It has been a long time since we have taken a look at the CPU architectures in Intel’s pipeline, but thanks to a recent post at Bright Side of News, we have some likely-true rumours to share! Due out in Q2 of 2012 we, of course, have Intel’s 22nm die shrink Ivy Bridge CPUs, which [...]

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Loads of Ivy Bridge Details Leaked

by Cole on November 28, 2011 · 0 comments

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Today has been quite the day for Ivy Bridge, Intel’s 22nm consumer-focused die shrink, as rumours and leaks have been flowing like Niagara Falls! As expected, Intel is still planning on launching these new CPUs in Q2 2012 with their lower-end Pentium models hitting shelves in Q3 2012. Where things get really interesting with today’s [...]

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More Intel Ivy Bridge Details Emerge

by Cole on October 20, 2011 · 0 comments

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A handful of details on Intel’s upcoming Ivy Bridge CPUs, due out in 2012, have been leaked by the folks over at the Chinese website, Chiphell. Not only do we find out the names of the upcoming CPUs (Core i7-3700 and Core i5-3500 on the higher end), we also find out that these CPUs are [...]

In a bizarre twist, it may end up that many of those “Ivy Bridge-compatible” motherboards will not actually be compatible with Intel’s upcoming Ivy Bridge CPUs (due out in 2012) due to an issue with the UEFI used on the motherboards. The folks over at VR-Zone have posted an article detailing the issue, but do [...]

We have already published an article regarding Intel’s initial line of Sandy Bridge-E processors, due in Q4 2011 – the Core i7-3960X Extreme Edition, Core i7-3930K and Core i7-3820 – but thanks to another leak shared by Donanim Haber, we have a timeline for Intel’s CPU launches well into Q3 2012.

As soon as Intel launched their Sandy Bridge platform the rumours revolving around Intel’s Ivy Bridge CPUs and 7-series chipsets commenced. With recent news that Ivy Bridge will be delayed until Q2 of 2012 more enthusiasts are wondering if waiting is worth it. Well, as we have written before, Ivy Bridge CPUs will use Intel’s [...]

An updated Intel roadmap, shared by the folks over at WCCF Tech, has confirmed that Intel’s Ivy Bridge platform will not be released in early 2012 as once expected and will now see launch in early Q2. The roadmap also provides more details on the upcoming Sandy Bridge-E enthusiast CPUs, which will be released in [...]

Hardware site, Fudzilla, is now reporting that Intel’s Ivy Bridge platform, which was expected to launch in early Q1 of 2012, will now be seeing the light of day in early Q2 of 2012. For more information on the Ivy Bridge platform, such as 3D transistors and Intel’s 7-series chipset, head over here!