TheMiddleman

February 16, 2012 at 11:25pm

Hmm.. glad I didn't put off building my new rig until after Ivy Bridge dropped now.

I doubt this will affect the launch of Apple's new updated line of MBP's, though. With the rate current stock sells, I'm pretty sure they don't have much of a stockpile left.

livebriand

February 16, 2012 at 7:45pm

Why not release Ivy Bridge, but keep Sandy Bridge as the lower-end chip, at the same time? Sure, it'll take longer to get rid of the Sandy Bridge chips, but there are still plenty of people who don't need a fast IB chip and will pay less for SB if they can, and others who want the latest and greatest and will pay for IB.

JohnP

February 16, 2012 at 6:24pm

Dang! I am planning an upgrade of 3 computers with Ivy Bridge and new Z77 mobos. I will be using the most expensive Ivy Bridge chip and I bet if Intel is going to ship anything, it will be the i7-3770K chip. Got my fingers crossed...

yammerpickle2

February 16, 2012 at 5:03pm

Intel always seems to back off their launch targets when AMD fails to force the issue. I hope AMD gets their stuff together and drives Intel to get off their back sides soon. However, based on recent AMD releases and news this is not looking likely in the short term. Which is why Intel is just doing a paper launch. Maybe in a few years the Chinese will motivate Intel to stop dragging their feet.

alexw1234

February 16, 2012 at 2:00pm

RAGE!! I wanted Ivy Bridge for a nice HTPC! AMD is now my choice.

vrmlbasic

February 16, 2012 at 1:16pm

Just further proof that if left unchallenged Intel will tend to maintain the status quo in performance. They're locked in to the "Why innovate if what we have is 'good enough'?" paradigm.

AMD, while they have been sucking (tragic) for a while now, at least tries to innovate. Intel would have been perfectly happy to have stopped at single-core 32 bit processors had their hand not been forced :(

For all the Intel fans, this delay gives Intel time to think of yet another short-lived socket you'll need to buy a new mobo for and for you fans to save up the money to buy said mobo. Maybe you'll even be able to save enough to get expansion cards to add all the features that should be there but aren't because, well, it's Intel. ;)

ashinms

February 16, 2012 at 12:43pm

See this AMD? This is your fault. This is what happens when you produce under-performing chips. Piledriver had better kick ass.

dgrmouse

February 16, 2012 at 11:23am

Since they're cheaper to build than SB chips, this is going to be a very brief delay.

Hey.That_Dude

February 16, 2012 at 11:17am

HEY! They're stealing AMD's bit!
LOLz, nice to know even Intel has issues some days.

biggiebob12345

February 16, 2012 at 11:16am

Doesn't matter too much IMO. I won't be graduated until May so I won't be doing a new build until a couple of months after that when I'm rolling in huge paychecks. Plus this gives more time for the HDD market to stop being a gouge fest.