Leaked Intel Roadmap Shows Sandy Bridge-E
Leaked Intel Roadmap Shows Sandy Bridge-E
Posted 04/13/2011 at 7:41am
| by Paul Lilly
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One of the most frequently asked questions would-be builders ask is whether to buy parts now or wait for what's just around the corner. Generally speaking, you're usually better off building something new when your current gear is no longer able to get the job done, but it never hurts to at least take a peek at what products are in the pipeline. To help you do that, a leaked Intel roadmap is making the rounds. Let's have a look.
The roadmap (click image to enlarge) reveals Intel's high-end Sandy Bridge-E platform will launch in the fourth quarter of 2011, with the 22nm Ivy Bridge scheduled for release sometime in the first half of 2012. There aren't any specific prices listed in the roadmap, but given that Sandy Bridge-E is listed in the 'Extreme' and 'Premium Performance' categories, don't expect a bargain priced chip. Ivy Bridge, on the other hand, will mostly reside in the mainstream sector.
Coming out a little sooner is a vanilla Core i7 980. Don't confuse this with the 980X Extreme Edition, which comes with an unlocked multiplier. The non-Extreme Edition 980 is set to debut in the second quarter of 2011.
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goku_dsv
July 12, 2011 at 7:03am
man I must be ether thristy or my eyes are tired. I thought it read "vanilla coke i7"
Conin
April 13, 2011 at 12:48pm
The slide doesn't show the rumored 995x, so, does that means it won't be released?.
jonc1028
April 13, 2011 at 11:02am
Exactly. Latest mail issue of MPC compared 2600K to top dog 990X and victories were on both sides. To say that your Core 2 Duo is competition to either of those is just ludacris. Don't even have to account for overclocks.
gr3atl10n
April 13, 2011 at 10:45am
...but I wouldn't ixxx anything, rather I'd dual xeon on an EVGA SR2
the i series is in my opinion an aswer for power hungry consumers, but with its half-duplex speed what good is it. The core architecture, the 56xx xeon, is twice as wide, meaning 2x as many cores.
Why is there a 1366 with half the processors. I too belive it is over touted.
Running a Core 2 Quad at present. Does just fine on the experience index.
win7fanboi
April 13, 2011 at 8:34am
+1. IMO Intel has gone greedy. Instead of real innovation and improving the chipset they have been just adding fluff. I agree that they are the current performance champs and I just built a desktop using 2600k. Powerful machine but not a huge improvement over my Core 2 Duo machine. I built it for video editing and hopeful it will be lot better than C2D as it claims to be.
graydiggy
April 13, 2011 at 8:49am
If that is really the case and your not just hating. There is something wrong with your setup. There is no way that you only see a minimal performance increase moving to the 2600K. This proc hexacores to shame in many benchmarks and in others is right on their heels. I would check my system if I were you.
praetor_alpha
April 13, 2011 at 7:47am
The real question is WHY, especially when an i7 2600K gives even the 990X a run for its money.
avenger48
August 01, 2011 at 8:18pm
Why not? People will buy, and Intel will make money and have another leg up on AMD.
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