Intel to Ship Dual-Core Sandy Bridge CPUs on February 20th
Intel is planning on shipping the Dual-Core Sandy Bridge chips for laptops starting on February 20th, 2011.
The first Sandy Bridge processors to ship were quad-core chips, mainly for high-end laptops. The dual-core chips will likely go into end-user and ultraportable laptops, many of which were shown at last month's Consumer Electronics Show. Fujitsu said it plans to use dual-core Core i7 chips in its high-end ultraportable laptops.
The Dual-Core chips are likely upgrades for the existing MacBook Pro line which is due for updates. The Sandy-Bridge CPUs were described as the next generation replacement CPU with significantly improved integrated graphics performance and better performance/power ratios.The remaining question is how the "design flaw" found in some of the early Sandy Bridge controllers will ultimately affect the production and availability of these new chips. The issue didn't directly affect the CPUs, but affected SATA-II connectors found on the chipsets. Like other computer manufacturers, Apple uses Intel's chipsets to interconnect their CPUs to the rest of the computer. Intel has announced that they would begin shipping fixed chipsets by mid-February.
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14 months ago
What does this mean for the prospective Macbook Pro release? Is Intel's estimate before or after what was previously expected?
14 months ago
Hoping for Sata III and SSD + HDD options. Light peak Or USB 3.0 would be icing on the cake :)
However I have feeling it's just going to be a CPU and graphics update...
However I have feeling it's just going to be a CPU and graphics update...
14 months ago
@MacRumors, the original flaw was not in the Sandy Bridge processor. Please research the topic before posting an article, thanks!
http://www.anandtech.com/show/4142/intel-discovers-bug-in-6series-chipset-begins-recall
http://www.anandtech.com/show/4142/intel-discovers-bug-in-6series-chipset-begins-recall
14 months ago
I just cancelled my not-yet-shipped MacBook Air purchase I made over the weekend.
Fingers crossed for something soon!
Fingers crossed for something soon!
14 months ago
I just cancelled my not-yet-shipped MacBook Air purchase I made over the weekend.
Fingers crossed for something soon!
I dont think the air is getting an update anytime soon. It just got one.
14 months ago
What does this mean for the prospective Macbook Pro release? Is Intel's estimate before or after what was previously expected?
We've known when the chips were coming for some time. The earlier news that some controllers were botched made people think that the release might be pushed back, and I don't really see anything here to say that particular situation is improved. However, my hunch is that the controller problem will just affect supply at the start of any impending release.
Apple has probably had the release window for these laptops plotted out some time ago. They're not going to want to move it out too far, so it messes up their timetable for other product releases.
14 months ago
The flaw is in the chipset, in which four of the six SATA controllers could go bad over time.
It has been speculated that this won't have any impact on Apple's portable line, as currently they only use two of these controllers, the HDD/SSD and the Superdrive. They could, in theory, use the two good ones. That's what I've read, anyway.
So I'm looking to upgrade my Macbook Pro later this summer when Lion comes out. What are the chances that an Ivy Bridge (successor to Sandy Bridge) chip would come out by say autumn with a quad-core processor for the Macbook Pro line? Are the TDP going to be low enough with the die shrink in the next models to allow for quad-core chips? I really want a machine that can really power through high-end Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and Premiere Pro work. I'd also appreciate an IPS display around 1080p for the 15" model! My iPad and iPhone 4 have IPS displays for cripes sake!
It has been speculated that this won't have any impact on Apple's portable line, as currently they only use two of these controllers, the HDD/SSD and the Superdrive. They could, in theory, use the two good ones. That's what I've read, anyway.
So I'm looking to upgrade my Macbook Pro later this summer when Lion comes out. What are the chances that an Ivy Bridge (successor to Sandy Bridge) chip would come out by say autumn with a quad-core processor for the Macbook Pro line? Are the TDP going to be low enough with the die shrink in the next models to allow for quad-core chips? I really want a machine that can really power through high-end Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and Premiere Pro work. I'd also appreciate an IPS display around 1080p for the 15" model! My iPad and iPhone 4 have IPS displays for cripes sake!
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