Intel clarifies Ivy Bridge delay
Chip manufacturer, Intel, has clarified comments made by an executive that mentioned a delay in plans to roll out the company’s next generation of processors.
“Reports of an eight-week delay to the Ivy Bridge launch are inaccurate, and our schedule has only been impacted by a few weeks,” according to company spokesman Jon Carvill.
Carvill was clarifying statements made by Sean Maloney, executive vice-president of Intel, over the weekend. Maloney told the Financial Times that Ivy Bridge chips would be delayed until June.
He also noted that Intel plans to bring Ivy Bridge production up to speed quicker than it did for their current-generation Sandy Bridge chips.
“We expect to ship over 50 percent more volume of Ivy Bridge units to the market in the first two quarters of production in 2012, as compared to Sandy Bridge [last year],” he said.
A Source familiar with the situation has noted that the chips most affected by the delay are the ULV products, designed for use in upcoming Ultrabook devices.
Despite this, all Ivy Bridge chips are impacted by the delay, the same source said.
Read the full story at: Cnet.
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