5/08/2012 01:15:00 AM
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The quad-core Ivy Bridge CPUs released on April 23 were strong and fast, but they weren't exactly cheap, which means that most laptop makers are still waiting for those dual-core models that Intel promised.
What we are looking at here is a confirmation of the launch date, as well as the prices of those very processors, courtesy of CPU World.
Five chips will come forward on June 3, 2012. Three of them will be Core i5 and the other two will be part of the Core i7 line. All will have two cores and four threads.
The Core i5-3320M is the cheapest, at $225 (173 Euro, according to exchange rates), and has 2 MB cache and a clock speed of 2.6 GHz, 3.3 GHz Turbo Boost. The TDP (thermal design power) is 35W.
The second chip is called Core i5-3360M and has the same TDP as above, but frequencies of 2.8 GHz / 3.5 GHz Turbo. The price is $266 (204 Euro).
The third, and last Core i5 chip, Core i5-3427U, priced at $225 (173 Euro) like the first, has clocks of 1.8 GHz / 2.8 GHz Turbo, but a TDP of just 17W. Ultrabooks are going to use it the most.
And now we've finally reached the Core i7 CPUs, both of which possess 4 MB cache memory. The price is $346 (265 Euro).
The Core i7-3520M operates at 2.9 GHz and 3.6 GHz Turbo. Its TDP is 35W.
Finally, the Core i7-3667U gets away with the same price because, even though it has 2 GHz / 3.2 GHz speeds, it features that 17W TDP that ultrabook makers will love.
The 35W CPUs will be released in PGA and BGA packages, but the ULV versions will only be available in BGA.
Now we just have to wait and see how AMD's own upcoming 17W APU stacks up against the Core i7-3667U and Core i5-3427U. Advanced Micro Devices will probably reveal more at its upcoming Fusion Developer Summit, so it's a good thing we'll be there to check things out.
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