These will bring all the improvements found in the current Ivy Bridge CPUs such as 22nm Tri-Gate transistors and greater overall efficiency and performance to Intel's premium enthusiast platform. IB-E will feature 6-12 cores (IB-E/EP) large amounts of cache, quad channel memory controllers supporting 8 GB of DDR3-1066/1333/1600/1866 per DIMM slot, along with PCI-E 3.0 (40 lanes) and 4 lanes supporting PCI-E 2.0. It's believed that four CPUs will be launched, bearing the following names: Core i7-4930, Core i7-4960, Core i7-4970 and Core i7-4990.The slide also reveals Intel plans to deliver new Sandy Bridge-E processors in Q2 2013, this should include the Core i7-3980X, the first consumer chip from Intel with eight cores.
Intel Sandy Bridge-E eight-core chip expected in Q2 2013
Posted on Friday, January 04 2013 @ 13:15 CET by Thomas De Maesschalck
Legit Reviews came across an updated Intel desktop processor roadmap that suggests the Ivy Bridge-E "HEDT" platform is slated for Q3 2013. These chips will continue to use the LGA2011 socket and will be compatible with the X79 chipset.