what are the rumored release dates for next gen?

[taltamir]

so, what are the current rumored release dates for sandy bridge and fusion?
will we be seeing laptop or desktop chips first?

last I heard, SB was coming Q4 of 2010... and well, its Q3 of 2010 right now...

 

[epidemis]

Q4 starts october, but it will get released at CES2011

 

[Sickamore]

I would like to know myself. Heard rumours of it being unoverclockable

 

[taltamir]

Q4 starts october, but it will get released at CES2011

meant to type Q3.

I would like to know myself. Heard rumours of it being unoverclockable

i heard that too, that intel has some new lock mechanism making it impossible to OC. I wonder if that is true, and if they will also port it to older models (aka, make new unoverclockable steppings of core i and core2 chips)

 

[AdamK47]

People have said that same thing in the past about other Intel CPU being unoverclockable. It all ended up being untrue.

 

[Sahakiel]

i heard that too, that intel has some new lock mechanism making it impossible to OC. I wonder if that is true, and if they will also port it to older models (aka, make new unoverclockable steppings of core i and core2 chips)

Not likely. The "lock" mechanism is basically a reduction in clock signals. Everything, from bclk to gpu and so on, will run off one clock signal. That means with a locked multiplier, the only way you're overclocking the CPU is overclocking everything else that's packaged with it.
The official story is that the purpose is to reduce costs (it does) but the side effect (and possibly ulterior motive) is that it limits overclocking.

 

[IntelUser2000]

Q4 is when the manufacturers receive the chip, and production ramps up before shipping. It's pretty unlikely we'll see the chip for official sale before late december at the earliest.

 

[Spook]

Helps to sell more "K" model, unlocked, chips too