September 5, 2011

After Sandy Bridge, Ivy Bridge seem to be










After sandy bridge seems to be Ivy Bridge because this is the evolution of the architecture codenamed Sandy Bridge developed by Intel for its processors, unlike the first generation that is based on 32 nm manufacturing process, Ivy Bridge will be a die-shrink to 22 nm. 

At the moment, it is expected that the arrival of the first market-based processors that evolution takes place between late 2011 and early 2012, going to occupy all areas of the market, desktop, mobile and server. It soon became very likely slip a few months of that date, taking into account that the former Sandy Bridge is already reached with a slight delay as it was originally announced in March 2011 but new information would indicate the intention to respect the arrival of Intel of new solutions by the end of the year .

Intel also announced plans to invest between 6 and 8 billion dollars in adapting the production facilities for the holding of future CPU architecture-based Ivy Bridge. Specifically, the two plants will be increased in Arizona and a new one will be built in Oregon.

Although the CPU is provided for compatibility with some models of Ivy Bridge Cougar Point chipset developed for processors based on Sandy Bridge (only in the specific variants P67 and H67), Intel will be releasing a new family of chipsets, known as Point, designed specifically for this architecture. Among its innovations can highlight the USB 3.0 controller and SATA 3 more sophisticated than the previous.

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