Intel to Sell Ivy Bridge Late in Q4 2011
CEO Paul Otellini confirmed that Ivy Bridge 22 nm processor volume production has already begun, which is a rather significant achievement as there have been apparently no major hiccups in the implementation of its 3D transistor technology. There has always been the question how Intel defines "volume", but vice president Mooly Eden told me years ago that Intel would only consider a production process volume production if it affects "millions" of processors.
Intel also stated that Ivy bridge is on target for a late Q4 "qualification for sale", which means that Intel will be begin shipping final products to its customers in the second half of the quarter. This will allow Intel to maintain its tick-tock cadence and keep the claim that a production shrink has been introduced in yet another uneven year (and so that it can state that its 22 nm chips were released in 2011). Of course, that does not mean that you will be able to buy those chips in 2011. According to Otellini, first Ivy Bridge systems should become available in Spring 2012. As Ivy Bridge is introduced and ramping up, Intel expects that its profit margins will improve as well.
Sandy Bridge has, despite an initial hiccup, worked out well for Intel. The company is on track to report $55 billion of revenue for 2011, up more than $11 billion over 2010.
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amk-aka-Phantom Good to see they put Gruener to do some PC hardware news instead... I bet he's really pissed off writing about actual useful tech instead of toys :kaola: Too bad we won't see Ivy Bridge till spring 2012, it would be a real kick in the a$$ for AMD to have IB released right after BD fail.Reply
No point to upgrade until there's something more demanding, so my i7-2600 will do good in gaming for a while more; but I'll be sure to use Ivy Bridge in all the 2012 builds I'll be asked to do! -
Darkerson I was going to build a Sandy Bridge based system at tax time, but I guess I'll be going with Ivy Bridge instead, unless the price is prohibitive in comparison. Still going to feel weird. I havent had an Intel based CPU since my old 1.5Ghz Pentium 4.Reply -
AbdullahG YES!!! THANK YOU!!! I CAN FINALLY BUILD MY FIRST GAMING/3D RENDERING PC THIS YEAR!!!Reply -
proxy711 AbdullahGYES!!! THANK YOU!!! I CAN FINALLY BUILD MY FIRST GAMING/3D RENDERING PC NEXT YEAR!!!Fixed.Reply -
AbdullahG ReplyOf course, that does not mean that you will be able to buy those chips in 2011.
Never mind...:( -
AbdullahG Proxy711Fixed.Thanks, I just realized that after looking at the article again. Oh well, at least they were qualified to sell Ivy ASAP.Reply -
JohnnyLucky billions and billions and billions of dollars in revenue. How about a price reduction!!!Reply -
BlackHawk91 I can't wait anymore, I think I'd get sandy bridge now and wait till Haswell/Piledriver.Reply -
Haserath JohnnyLuckybillions and billions and billions of dollars in revenue. How about a price reduction!!!Revenue is different than profit.Reply
A company could have $500 Trillion in revenue, but only make $1 billion profit(actual income).
Not saying that Intel's profit is something to sneeze at though. ;)