Thursday, April 12th 2012
Intel to Bring Ivy Bridge Launch Forward to April 23: Report
With eager OEMs such as ASUSTek, HP, Acer, and Lenovo breathing down its neck, Intel is reportedly pulling forward the official launch date of its 3rd Generation Core processor family based on 22 nm "Ivy Bridge" silicon, to the 23rd of April, from its older date of 29th April. 23rd April will be the day Intel announces all its processor models originally slated for the 29th.
Notebook OEMs are expected to launch their products based on these chips at the earliest, by May. The date of market-availability of these chips in the retail channel, however, remains unclear. One possibility is that Intel will announce and make these chips available on the same day (23rd), while another possibility is that it announces these chips on the 23rd, allows the media to digest them (by posting reviews), and open them up for sale on the 29th. Two models every PC enthusiast and their cat are looking out for, are the Core i7-3770K and Core i5-3570K.
Source:
DigiTimes
Notebook OEMs are expected to launch their products based on these chips at the earliest, by May. The date of market-availability of these chips in the retail channel, however, remains unclear. One possibility is that Intel will announce and make these chips available on the same day (23rd), while another possibility is that it announces these chips on the 23rd, allows the media to digest them (by posting reviews), and open them up for sale on the 29th. Two models every PC enthusiast and their cat are looking out for, are the Core i7-3770K and Core i5-3570K.
49 Comments on Intel to Bring Ivy Bridge Launch Forward to April 23: Report
Come on Asus you only have eleven days!Ahhhhhhh!:cry:
Ouu yeah. Awesome news. Every time there were some news about dates and Intel i was afraid of more DELAYING but this is an awesome one. I know there is so much ppl looking forward to theirs 3570K......and than to Diablo 3 and now it's almost here!:toast:
Fine, fine, but with 3570K I can start 8 Diablos and run with 8 chars to Hellforge and make runes=D
..What...it isn't D2?
Throw in a 790/8970 and not even the 16 core Durango will be able to come close to it.
but i dont think my current processor need to be upgraded rushingly :D
Lol @ Internet and speculation.
I'm so eager for it... so eager :eek:
Not sure if they're planning an Extreme version as yet, but I know Asus has more boards coming, of which at least one will have Thunderbolt, alongside Gigabyte and MSI of course.
5 min later :banghead: to much waiting. Btw thx for the head up :toast: (@btarunr & thelostswede)