Intel launching Ivy Bridge processors in April

Published on March 31st, 2012 | by dailyreporter

While Intel VP has officially confirmed that Ivy Bridge for mobile devices will be delayed, CPU world reports that the company will be launching some of it’s new CPUs before the end of April.

So what will Intel be launching?

“Ivy Bridge processors will be announced in the 4th week of April, between April 22 and April 28. The announcement will include only quad-core models: mobile Core i7 and Core i7 Extreme families, desktop Core i7, Core i5-3570K, i5-3570T, i5-3550, i5-3550S, i5-3450 and i5-3450S. The announced chips will be available for sale on April 29, and the reviews and benchmarks should be published on the same day. Specifications and prices of these processors are provided below:”

The processors listed are top of the line Ivy Bridge quad-core processors, with clock speeds ranging from 2.5 GHz to 3.5 GHz. People looking up to the Ivy Bridge launch for the next generation of MacBook Pros will have to wait until June.

The table below lists the price and specs of the current Ivy Bridge processor line. Highlighted are those available in April.

Model	Core/Thread	Frequency	L3 cache	Graphics	TDP	Price
Core i5-3450	4/4	3.1 GHz	6 MB	HD 2500	77 Watt	$184
Core i5-3550	4/4	3.3 GHz	6 MB	HD 2500	77 Watt	$205
Core i5-3550S	4/4	3 GHz	6 MB	HD 2500	65 Watt	$205
Core i5-3570K	4/4	3.4 GHz	6 MB	HD 4000	77 Watt	$225
Core i5-3570T	4/4	2.3 GHz	6 MB	HD 2500	45 Watt	$205
Core i7-3770	4/8	3.4 GHz	8 MB	HD 4000	77 Watt	$294
Core i7-3770K	4/8	3.5 GHz	8 MB	HD 4000	77 Watt	$332
Core i7-3770S	4/8	3.1 GHz	8 MB	HD 4000	65 Watt	$294
Core i7-3770T	4/8	2.5 GHz	8 MB	HD 4000	45 Watt	$294
Core i7-3720QM	4/8	2.6 GHz	6 MB	HD 4000	45 Watt	$378
Core i7-3820QM	4/8	2.7 GHz	8 MB	HD 4000	45 Watt	$568
Core i7-3920XM	4/8	2.9 GHz	8 MB	HD 4000	55 Watt	$1096