Intel: Core i5 'Lynnfield' Still on Track for 2H'09
Intel still giving itself a six-month window for release of Lynnfield.
We know that Intel’s going to be bringing out a more mainstream iteration of its Nehalem technology, popularly known right now as Core i5.
Amidst reports that Intel was delaying “Lynnfield” processors and chipsets from July to September, we asked Intel for the official story.
Expectedly, Intel didn’t offer any hard dates and stood its ground that things are progressing still as projected.
“We have always said 2nd half 2009 for production for Lynnfield,” an Intel representative told Tom’s Hardware.
The talk surrounding Core i5’s timing started from a Digitimes report saying that processors and P55-based chipsets were pushed back by a couple months. The report also went on to list three Core i5 CPUs for launch: “with frequencies of 2.93 GHz, 2.8 GHz and 2.66 GHz and priced at US$562, US$284 and US$196 in thousand-unit tray quantities. All of them will feature a TDP of 95W. The P55 chipset will be priced at US$40.”
Intel offered no additional comment on the above other than to call the report just a product of “Rumour and speculation.”

Is this a typo?
The i7 has proven to be the most clock efficient, and overclocks like a champ.
The cheapest i7 is $280 right now, and I personally want it. Will we have any reason other than price alone to get an i5?
I'm personally hoping it can exploit the benefits of ddr3 better and have even better clock efficiency.
Sorry, meant $200+.
I'm pretty sure i5 is going to be Quad, I could be wrong though.
http://www.dailytech.com/Intel+Targets+BacktoSchool+Season+With+Core+i5+New+Chipsets/article14228.htm
Also seems to not have full PCIe 2.0 slots, or USB 3.0 support. Aww.
Not sure what other things they took out offhand.
Those prices are too expensive tho.
Obviously completely different chipsets and memory are involved but I'm talking about mindset.
Is that fair?
I think it's certainly an interesting idea. In a way, it allows them to give high performance features to the enthusiast crowd, without having to be as price efficient to cater to everyone. They can use P55 as the gimped, cheaper option meant for budgets, not performance.
I can see it going either way, but the pricing of the i5's has me worried. If they perform aswell as the i7's what's the point? And the 2 most expensive i5's cost as much as the 2 least expensive i7's. What the hell is that about?
i5 looks to be heading towards energy efficiency. Virtualization is probably at the forefront with these as well.
Can see the day where consumer PCs have a cloud type OS (hypothetical MS OS Virtual Cloud 2)running in the background with a VPC that takes daily snapshots for easy backup and restore (remote restore?). PC vendor customer service utopia.
Probably it will use a little less power, for both the processor and the chipset, so it could be a very appealing platform.
PCI-E 3.0, honestly, I have never heard of. Sounds like a waste to me, unless you just want to run quad SLI with GTX 395's on x4.... with little stutter. Whatever, they should have full x16 anyways.