More Details on Intel's Ivy Bridge and Maho Bay Leaked
Recently, more information on the upcoming Ivy Bridge processor and Maho Bay platform has been leaked providing further details on the new platform coming in 2012.
ComputerBase has released some more leaked slides providing further details on the upcoming Ivy Bridge/Maho Bay platform coming in 2012. Codename Maho Bay is the term for the full desktop platform based on the new Ivy Bridge processors and the matching Panther Point chipsets. The new Maho Bay platform will mark the first true introduction of PCI-Express 3.0 and integration of the USB 3.0 controller on the chipset. Integrated graphics will support DirectX 11. The Ivy Bridge processor will be based on 22nm, with 3-D transistor design called Tri-Gate fabrication, which will support Intel's Smart Response Technology, Smart Connect Technology and Rapid Start Technology 11.
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Intel is set to make the Maho Bay platform backwards compatible with current generation Sandy Bridge processors. As discussed here, there will be restrictions on the how the backwards and forwards compatibility will work. The Q67, Q65 and B65 chipsets will not support Ivy Bridge, even with a motherboard firmware update, but the Z68, P67, H67 and H61 chipsets look to all be compatible with a required UEFI update. Through the information provided, the complete feature list of the six planned chipsets B75, Q75, Q77, H77, Z75 and Z77 is known.
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The leaked information confirms the TDP-classifications of 77-watts for the upcoming Ivy Bridge release. The high-end Ivy Bridge Core i7-37xx CPUs will have four cores (eight threads), unlocked multiplier and fully-developed new graphics unit. The Core i7s will have a maximum TDP of 77 watts, which compares well to current generation's 95 watts. The Core i5 series will range from 77 watts down to 45 watts on Intel's "Lifestyle" segment, which will carry the Core i5 35xx, 34xx and 33xx tags with four cores in tow. The Core i3 31xx CPUs will feature two cores and have TDP of 55 watts down to 35 watts.
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The Ivy Bridge looks to be on target for a late Q4 "qualification for sale", which means the first Ivy Bridge systems should become available around Spring 2012 to end users.









i hope amd gets its act together soon enough...
i hope amd gets its act together soon enough...
only diff. between z77 and z75 are fewer pcie 3 lanes? damn segmentation...
glad to see Pxx chipset being phased out. Pxx chipset was alredy less relevant with sandy bridge than it was with nehalem.
x-series is intel's enthusiast oriented chipset. if intel does release one for ivb, it'll most likely to come out in q4 or late q4 2012. intel's current enthusiast chipset is x79.
For most users. Unfortunately, most people buying desktops and even laptops today are gaming users who need a little more 'oomph' than any Intel GPU would bring to the table.
But this are still good news.
Not to mention that an article on Tom's with no mention of certain "fruit" is refreshing.
Probably true even with the IB top-end GPU which Intel says will be some 60% faster than the one in Sandy Bridge, although S/A has an articlen mentioning 2X performance. It should be comparable to LLano's.
I never got Sandy Bridge because my i7 920 on x58 has lasted me going on 4 years, at 4ghz on air I barely do anything to push it. I only want Ivy Bridge for full usb3 + SAS (and the better power use) but not necessarily more power on the processor, which is of course a nice byproduct of Moore's law.
I am saddened that they aren't using the significant amount of extra space on the die to throw another two cores on the high end model. If they are using the same die cast as Sandy Bridge I'm amazed they can't fit another 2 cores on it by shrinking it by a third.
so true. I am currently on an x58 with an i7 930, I've been holding off for the Ivy Bridge to upgrade my desktop. Although it has been hard to resist the lure of SB all this time.
Yeah, kind of crazy. You have to click to get a slightly larger picture and then click on it to get the big one.
Your such a noob. An X58 paired with CF/SLI in dual/triple or quad SLI configs and a nice OC'ed i7 920 will still run circles around anything you probably have. That is what it was meant for not as a cheap generic platform. I had quad SLI running on my X58 for years until recently I threw in a single GTX590 and I still see no reason to get something new but you wouldn't understand that.