Ci7 Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 Intel originally said it was going to ship Ivy Bridge CPUs in the second quarter of 2012, but where that used to mean April, it now means June, a recent report says. Anyone hoping to buy an Ivy Bridge central processing unit from Intel may want to shelve their craving for a few months. Even though the rumors about a chip delay had been supposedly debunked, they have proven to be true after all. According to company executive Sean Maloney, the Ivy Bridge CPUs have really been delayed to June, and the reason is not the one previously mentioned. It was believed that Intel merely wanted to give the Sandy Bridge collection more time to sell off. Now, though, the reason invoked is that the 22nm manufacturing process is proving troublesome, harming supply. After we first caught wind of the delay rumor, we asked the company if it was true, and the response we got basically said everything was still on track. It was even corroborated a few days later, when word came in about how Intel had only pushed back two of its units. Now, though, it looks like Intel was stretching the truth instead of denying difficulties. The company always held onto the guidance that the Ivy Bridge series would reach mass availability in the second quarter. Launching them in June is, technically, in line with it, though just barely. Perhaps that other rumor, about the units getting $60-70 / 45-53 Euro cheaper than initially intended, turns out to be true as well. If yields really are underwhelming, though, we won't risk too much of our hope on this. After all, troubled yields means lower CPU supply and low supply inevitably leads to price inflation. Waiting and seeing is the only thing anyone can do at this point. http://news.softpedia.com/news/Intel-Ivy-Bridge-CPUs-Delayed-to-June-After-All-255152.shtml Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
temple_treefrog Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 Damn it! If Intel had some real competition then they would not delay their new processors 'because they have too much old stock left over'. This will likely have a flow on effect to Apple's product line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muhammad Farrukh Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 Again? Damn!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudy Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 Ah! Come on! I want a new 27" iMac asap.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phouchg Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 I was afraid that 22nm Tri-Gate process isn't going as smoothly as expected (volume production back in October... right) and indeed it has turned out to be so :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c3ntury Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 I'm sure it'll be worth the wait guys :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n_K Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 Can anyone actually yield (lawl) some light on what CPU yields are actually like? What kind of % of the CPUs made actually pass and how many are dumped? And what they do with them, etc? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phouchg Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 ^ My Google-fu seems to be inadequate on that. However, CPU-Z images of "leaked" unnamed 10-core Ivy Bridge-EP Xeon and Core i5 3570K engineering samples show stepping numbers 7 and 8, accordingly. And 8 respins for a chip still in design - that's pretty high, they're working really hard to get it right. Good thing they didn't name it Fermi Bridge *cough* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amarok Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 If Intel had some real competition This about sums it up. The fact is that Intel has no real competition at the moment. :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tender Foot Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 edit never mind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motoko. Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 They're waiting to hit Piledriver so AMD won't get much time to breath; Intel will try and match launch cycles with a established product this will give them time to deal with the fabrication issues also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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