So where are the new Intel quads?

[kyzen]

Make fun of me all you want if I'm imagining things, but weren't the new Intel quads supposed to be out on the 15th? Was there a shipping delay, or were they just sold out immediately from preorders?

How long, realistically, can I expect to have to wait to get my hands on one?

 

[nanaki333]

look in this section, there were a number of threads pointing to where you can get them. supplies are very limited though.

 

[OnePingOnly]

Kyzen,

I'd say mid April, around the time of the April 20th price cuts, supply should be fine.

 

[kyzen]

Cool, thanks for the feedback.

 

[Idontcare]

I too thought they were going to be widely released in early March. There was kinda a surge of publicity on the web about this, and then it all got quiet again.

Too much demand at the current prices I guess, shortages are the guaraneted net result of any price control situation.

 

[fleshconsumed]

Originally posted by: JRussellDMD
Kyzen,

I'd say mid April, around the time of the April 20th price cuts, supply should be fine.

googled on the price cut, all the sites say the price cut will only affect 65nm parts. Intel must have a really huge stockpile of 65nm chips and doesn't want to cannibalize the sales by releasing 45nm replacement too soon.

 

[Idontcare]

It's not just inventory...Intel publicly posted a graph showing the volume % of chips produced at 65nm versus 45nm and for Q1'08 only 10% of their volume is 45nm chips...it rises thru the year but even as far out as Q3 this year over half of the chips they will be producing will still be 65nm.

 

[21stHermit]

Originally posted by: fleshconsumed

Originally posted by: JRussellDMD
I'd say mid April, around the time of the April 20th price cuts, supply should be fine.

googled on the price cut, all the sites say the price cut will only affect 65nm parts. Intel must have a really huge stockpile of 65nm chips and doesn't want to cannibalize the sales by releasing 45nm replacement too soon.

Rather than a huge stockpile I'll suggest huge 65nm capacity vs not huge 45nm capacity. Probably takes a year to convert a 65nm production fab to 45nm. Last I heard, Intel has only one 45nm fab in the world, AZ. I'm sure others will be coming online this year, just not today.

Today in Digitimes, a short article on two new 65nm notobook Celerons. Indicitive of the excess capacity in 65nm.

Your thoughts?

 

[Denithor]

I wonder if this surplus capacity means larger-than-expected price cuts coming for 65nm parts (to keep the 65nm parts flowing through their channels)?

 

[21stHermit]

Originally posted by: DenithorI wonder if this surplus capacity means larger-than-expected price cuts coming for 65nm parts (to keep the 65nm parts flowing through their channels)?

Highly Unlikely.

Intel does not price based on their capacity, rather by market niche. Higher margins on some SKUs, lower on others.

Consider, that the single AZ 45nm fab has more wafer through put than all of AMD's fabs put together. So adding/subtracting a single fab has a huge impact on their capacity.

So perhaps rather than saying excess capacity I should have used ample capacity.