Status of Sandy Bridge?

[Charles Kozierok]

Does anyone know for certain if Intel is "done" with Sandy Bridge? I think so, because my understanding is that they won't be releasing any more desktop or mobile CPUs, and I don't think there's going to be a "Sandy Bridge-EX" on the Xeon side.

 

[ShintaiDK]

They are done yes. All new models are IB or HW based. IB-EX is the successor to Westmere-EX, 15 cores.

 

[lakedude]

Why do you care?

New = better (generally)

If you want a SB get one used for cheap.

Not looking forward to HW?

 

[Charles Kozierok]

lakedude, I'm not buying anything, just doing some research.

Thanks Shintai, I thought so. But sometimes they sneak things in... like these Gladden chips I only found out about today.

Wonder how much is left of IB except for EX as well...

 

[jiffylube1024]

Sandy Bridge is 32nm, ivy bridge is 22nm. Once Intel migrates to a new process node, they generally don't release new products on the old process (although they sometimes keep the older products around for awhile).

 

[Charles Kozierok]

Generally, yes, but Xeon chips often lag substantially, and it's quite common for them to release Xeons of the previous generation after the next one has been released.

Intel also did release a handful of specialty SB server/comm-system chips shortly after the IB launch.

So.. just wanted to check.

 

[IntelEnthusiast]

On the desktop space we try to stay with a product for at least 1 year. For the server market space we like to aim for 2 years to allow companies to plan with a more stable platform.

 

[Charles Kozierok]

Thanks, Christian.

Actually, I just read that only last week Intel said something about releasing a Core i3-2375M. The number would seem to imply that this is SB, not IB. Anyone know anything about that?

 

[NTMBK]

Thanks, Christian.

Actually, I just read that only last week Intel said something about releasing a Core i3-2375M. The number would seem to imply that this is SB, not IB. Anyone know anything about that?

Seems like it's just a minor clock bump on an existing part. Makes sense- if they can bin better, then why not? They want to keep their 32nm fabs making profitable chips for as long as they can, alongside their 22nm fabs.