Intel will release its first desktop dual-core Celeron series, E1000, on January 20, according to sources at motherboard makers.
The first dual-core Celeron processor, the E1200, will have core frequency of 1.6GHz, 800MHz FSB and 512KB L2 cache with a price of US$53 in thousand-unit quantities.
Cheaper than the X48, but still offering a 1,600MHz front side bus
P45 might be a redundant name to anyone in the UK, but that hasn’t stopped Intel from apparently using the name for its next mainstream motherboard chipset. According to a motherboard manufacturer that we’ve spoken to, Intel is planning to introduce the new chipset in 2008, possibly as early as January, and the rumor is that it will basically be the same as the P35, but with a 1,600MHz front side bus.
The timing of the launch sounds about right to us, as Intel is also planning to launch its first CPU with a 1,600MHz front side bus, the Core 2 Extreme QX9770, in January 2008. Intel also plans to announce its X48 chip for enthusiasts at this time, which supports the 1,600MHz front side bus as well.
Will be 9 chips in total
Intel began its 45nm offensive last month, but its first 45nm processors are largely out of reach for most users: the only desktop chip is the Core 2 Extreme QX9650, which is both prodigiously fast and prodigiously expensive, and the rest are Xeons aimed squarely at the server and workstation space.
We’re no strangers to rumors about more affordable 45nm Core 2 Quad and Core 2 Duo processors. Model names and clock speeds have long since leaked out, but rumor sites had yet to pin down a release date. The folks at Fudzilla have now filled that blank by naming January 20, 2008 as the expected day of Intel’s proper 45nm desktop assault.
According to Fudzilla, that date will see Intel roll out dual-core and quad-core 45nm processors with price tags starting as low as $169. Previous rumors tell us there will be nine chips in total: three quad-core models clocked at 2.5Ghz, 2.66GHz, and 2.83GHz; four dual-core models with clock speeds ranging from 2.66GHz to 3.16GHz; and a pair of wildcards—one quad-core chip and one dual-core one with unknown specifications.
The planned launch of Intel’s Penryn processors on Monday is the first blow in a one-two punch that might stagger AMD heading into 2008.
Just a few months after the launch of AMD’s quad-core Barcelona chips, Intel is hitting back with Penryn, now known as the Xeon 5400 family of processors. A total of 15 server chips are set to launch Monday as well as a new Core 2 Extreme desktop processor, with Penryn chips for mainstream desktops and notebooks scheduled to launch in the first quarter of next year.
Penryn is essentially a shrink of the Core architecture that brought Intel out of the woods in 2006. But these are also the company’s first chips to use Intel’s 45-nanometer manufacturing technology, and they will usher in the first change to the basic properties of the transistor since the 1960s.
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Intel’s X38 refresh appears on its latest roadmaps
Intel’s X48 chipset has been added to the company’s roadmap. The X48 is an updated version of Intel’s X38 chipset, which was released by Intel a little over two weeks ago.
The Intel X48 chipset features support for Intel Core 2 Duo, Core 2 Quad, and Core 2 Extreme processors. In addition, the chipset also supports Intel’s Wolfdale and Yorkfield processors, which are yet to be released.
Intel said strong demand for its microprocessors is giving the company a better-than-expected outlook, the quarterly profit rises 43%
The news indicated that the world’s top maker of microchips was gaining market share from smaller rival Advanced Micro Devices and also boded well for personal computer sales in the fourth quarter, analysts said.
“The overall message is one of strong demand,” Intel Chief Financial Officer Andy Bryant said in a telephone interview, adding the quarter’s revenue rose 16 percent sequentially, which was the highest growth rate in 10 years.
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Though many leaks of the product have been circulating for some time, Intel officially took the wraps off and launched their new X38 Express chipset for the high-end desktop motherboard market.
With this launch, the Intel desktop chipset line-up gets a new flagship. Intel’s new X38 chipset encompasses all of the technology advances that have made the P35 a success and adds a slew of new features designed to increase memory and graphics subsystem performance, like PCI Express 2.0 SerDes and Intel Extreme Memory technology in the new X38 MCH. The Asus motherboard tested by HotHardware even features an embedded Linux-based OS that boots in a matter a seconds.
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Even though there are not a lot of single-core chips in Intel’s microprocessor lineup now, quad-core processors are not going to become really affordable soon enough.
After Intel introduces its new 45nm central processing units in January, 2008, the company will not cut pricing of its Intel Core 2 Quad below $266.
Aim on moving software-running virtual machines from servers running older Intel processors to the chipmaker’s next-generation Xeon designs.
VMware is building support for Intel’s FlexMigration assist for virtualized environments in VMware’s Vmotion technology, which is used to move running virtual machines from one physical server to another. The collaboration is expected to help VMware customers move virtual machines to Intel’s upcoming processors based on its 45nm scale process technology, Jake Smith of Intel’s Advance Server Technology Group told InformationWeek.
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New processor, new price and new logo, starting from $163.
We have known that Intel’s first 45nm processor will be available on November 11 2007. The first one hit the market will be quad-core only: Yorkfield for desktop and Harpertown for server. To distinguish with the current 65nm product line, Intel will use a new naming schema for the 45nm processors: quad-core Yorkfield will be QX/Q9xxx and dual core Wolfdale is E8xxx.
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