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Intel are tipped to have scheduled their shift to 32nm “Sandy Bridge” chip architecture by Q4 2010, according to the latest loose-talk at PC manufacturers. The technology will replace Nehalem and Westmere, the latter expected to shift to 32nm processes in Q4 this year. Westmere will add six-core processors to the company’s line, and go on sale alongside 45nm quad-core Nehalem chips.
Meanwhile Intel’s desktop chip Clarkdale and notebook chip Arrandale are on track for a launch in Q1 2010, and will be followed by six-core Gulftown CPUs in Q2 2010. Unsurprisingly, Intel themselves declined to comment on the speculation.
By Chris Davies on Monday, Mar 1st 2010
We’re hearing increasing amounts about Intel’s upcoming Sandy Bridge platform, the 32nm chip architecture expected to begin production in Q4 2010, and now a few new tidbits have us even more excited. According to Hardmac’s sources, Sandy Bridge will not only include native USB 3.0 support but PCI Express 3.0, for faster intercommunication with GPUs and other components; meanwhile we should apparently expect some healthy battery life improvements.
In fact, according to the foundry Intel are working with, a Sandy Life based notebook should be able to watch two Blu-ray films back-to-back on a single charge. That’s impressive battery life, considering we’re not talking about a frugal Atom-style chipset. Of course, we’re also duly sceptical, but Intel have plenty of time before the general 2011 availability tipped for the new chip architecture.
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