Following the release of two variants of dual and quad core processors (CPU) this Monday last (covered here), A new set of CPUs are lined up for release by the end of this month. Here's a quick round-up of things to come according to industrial sources:


Product Additions

• A cost-effective Core 2 Quad, model Q8200 with 4 MB of total L2 cache, 2.33 GHz of clock speed, price of US$224 in thousand-unit tray quantities
• A value segment Pentium Dual Core E5200, 2.50 GHz priced at $84
• Another value segment 65nm Conroe-L-based Celeron 450 CPU at 2.20GHz and price-tag of $53

Pricing Changes
Prices for certain products are subject to change in the month of October, noted sources.

• The Q8200 drops from US$224 to US$203
• Q6600 prices drop from US$193 to US$183
• Core 2 Duo E7300 from US$133 to US$113
• Pentium Dual Core E2220 from US$84 to US$74
• Pentium E2200 from US$74 to US$64

In the third quarter of this year, Intel's 45m Core 2 Quad CPU series will account for 6% of the company's total desktop CPU shipments, while 45nm Core 2 Duo E8000 and E7000 series will account for around 16% and 13%, respectively. 45nm Pentium E5000 series will account for less than 2% and Atom 200 series only 3%.

Intel also plans to launch three Core i7 CPUs (Nehalem, Bloomfield core), a 3.2GHz extreme-level, a 2.93GHz performance-level and 2.66GHz mainstream-level, which will be priced at US$999, US$562 and US$284 in thousand-unit tray quantities and launch within the September thru October time-frame tentatively.