The GPU itself will be a die-shrunk version of the company's GMA X4500 series of products. Upgrading the video card on a dual-core Core i3 (or whatever) should be no more difficult than upgrading the GPU on a current-generation integrated system. The in-socket GPU will utilize up to two channels of DDR3 memory and is capable of switching to a discrete GPU solution. One of the points the manufacturer emphasized is that the same physical socket-presumably LGA1156-will support both quad-core and dual-core + graphics processors. If you had your eye on a dual-core Core i7 (with or without integrated GPU), this is actually something of a disappointment Clarkdale and its mobile cousin Arrandale will enter production by the fourth quarter of 2009 but probably won't ship in volume until Q1 2010.ĭiagram of a hybrid processor: Standard Penryn on the left, 32nm Clarkdale on the right Lynnfield is still queued for a launch in the second half of 2009 but 45nm Havendale has been replaced by 32nm Clarkdale. Technically, Gulftown will still use the same X58 Express chipset time will tell if that translates into compatibility with present X58 Express motherboards. The Extreme platform at the highest end of the desktop doesn't change much the new information here is that Intel will, at some point, launch a 32nm "Gulftown" hexacore processor. Of those four, two of them-Havendale and Auburndale-are being "deprioritized," to use Intel's terminology. On the desktop, we had Lynnfield (quad-core, octal threaded) and Havendale (dual-core, quad-threaded) the mobile parts were Clarksfield (quad-core, octal-threaded) and Auburndale (dual-core, quad-threaded, on-package integrated graphics). Originally-and as recently as CES-Intel was planning to launch a series of 45nm mainstream desktop and mobile processors in the second half of 2009. The 32nm version of Nehalem that's coming down the pipe is codenamed Westmere it's the "tick" of Intel's tick/tock process where "ticks" are die shrinks and "tocks" are new microarchitectures. In this case, Intel wasn't just talking-the company plans to accelerate the ramp of its 32nm process, bringing it to market more rapidly than originally anticipated. Company executives acknowledged the state of the economy, but took the opportunity to affirm the manufacturer's commitment to investment and innovation over the long term. After weeks of nothing but bad news from the semiconductor market, Intel's investment announcement and roadmap updates on Tuesday were a welcome blast of fresh air.
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