Report: Intel Scheduling 22 nm Ivy Bridge for April 2012
Following a report that AMD is scrapping the production of its 28 nm processor at GlobalFoundries, there is a note that Intel may also be delaying at least some of its 22 nm processors due to manufacturing hiccups.
Since the introduction of its tick-tock cadence back in 2005, Intel traditionally unveiled a new generation of die shrinks at the end of uneven years, but the 45 nm and 32 nm products appeared to be squeezed into those years, while the actual volume rollout occurred several months later. Heise.de reports that 22 nm Core i3000 processors won't make it into 2011. Instead, Intel's Ivy Bridge platform is likely to debut around April 2012. Intel's (32 nm) Xeon E5 is delayed to spring 2012 as well.
There is no information about the reason of the possible delays. Last week, a report suggested that AMD is also dealing with some manufacturing problems.

running a Core i5-760 @ 3.52GHz I was able to pass over Sandy Bridge, I will not be skipping Ivy.
even with AMD and it's 'Bulldud', Intel is again pulling way out in-front..
Yeah, powerful mobile chips would be nice, but if I had to choose between horsepower and power efficiency for my mobile devices, I would definitely pick power efficiency. I would love for my laptop and smartphone to last me at least 16hours of heavy use.
Im currently running a first gen i7 1366 platform, i skipped sandy bridge, figured id get either bulldozer when i upgrade (not going to do that now) or ivy bridge, looks like ivy bridge is the one to shoot for but time is a factor, i only got the money around tax return time probably (hoping) for a possible upgrade. Not going with x79 thats too expensive for me im afraid.
As long as performance is the same as SB and the power usage / heat is lower i'll be happy, which is most likely what it's going to be like.
good move reporter....;)
I think we've found an adequate explanation for a lot of this mindless trolling:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-15869683
Well, I don't care, I don't have a real need for an upgrade so maybe I can wait until the end of 2013 with the launch of Haswell server parts.
Ups was meant to quote Crazypcman.
Not really interested in this stuff though, I'm planing on building a new system with either Intel's skylark or AMD's Excavator chips ~2 years from now.
I'll be waiting for haswell as well, that and thunderbolt and hopefully some memristor implementation