Intel has unintentionally reveal quite a lot of details on its plans for the processor market up until Q3 2010. At Chinese hardware forums pictures from a recent Intel presentation reveals the chip giant’s plans for the Mid-range, Performance and Extreme segments. First of all we get confirmation that Intel’s Lynnfield (LGA1156) platform will start out with a trio of processors, two Core i7-8xx models and one Core i5-7xx model.
This will happen in Q3, when Intel will also launch the Nehalem-based Core i7-950 processor.
The remainder of the year doesn’t hold much new more than the Core i7-960 CPU in Q1, and we will have to wait until Q1 2010 for some interesting launches. Here Intel will introduce the new Clarkdale family across the mid-range segment. With clock frequencies from 3.2GHz up to 3.46GHz. It will be Intel’s first 32nm processors and grab the relay baton from the Core 2 Duo/Core 2 Quad series.
In Q2 2010 it will announce the six-core Gulftown processor that is listed after Core i7-Extreme in this presentation, but earlier stories have stated that Intel will make this processor the Core i9 series.
Either way, Intel’s plans for the future have become all the more clear and next up is the Lynnfield and P55 launch that is due in a month or so.
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