Intel Confirms Release Details of Ivy Bridge CPUs

Intel has finally confirmed the Launch date of Ivy Bridge CPUs. The said chips are to be released between the end of First Quarter and Q2 of 2012. Ivy Bridge was designed primarily to try and reduce power consumption, while boosting integrated graphics performance.

From what we can tell they’ve accomplished both, though the pure CPU performance gains are slightly more modest. Power savings average out to around 19% less than the Sandy Bridge equivalents, with TDP dropping from 95 watts to around 77 watts at the same performance levels.

The delay will have a knock-on effect on the production of the next generation of Ultrabooks which are set to rely upon Intel's Ivy Bridge mobile processor to deliver longer battery life and faster speeds than its predecessor, Sandy Bridge. All of the new chips are based on Intel’s new 22nm process technology.

The arrival of Ivy Bridge should also bring much-needed price drops for Sandy Bridge-based Ultrabooks. Earlier this month, DigiTimes cited unnamed sources who said prices for existing Ultrabooks could fall by 20 percent to 30 percent with the arrival of Ivy Bridge. Theprices of Ivy Bridge CPUs cut to $60-70 that translates into 45 to 53 Euros.

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