Shipments of Intel Ivy Bridge processors delayed

Shipments of Intel Ivy Bridge processors delayed

Digitimes reported recently that shipments of Intel’s forthcoming Ivy Bridge chips will be delayed. Intel has notified its partners about the delay of shipping the new processor chips until later in the year, the delay could affect new devices that are based on the new platform, stated digitimes.

The Ivy Bridge chipset is a code name for a 22nm “die shrink” on the existing Sandy Bridge architecture. The new chipset will include many improvements, including integrated graphics that the company claims will narrow the lead now held by AMD’s Fusion APUs.

Apart from the architectural improvement, the new chip also has support for low-power DDR3L memory, dynamic (no reboot) overclocking control on both the compute and graphics cores, power-management improvements and security enhancement. (Source)

The reason for the delay could be attributed to the problem vendors faced in clearing out their old stocks as economic conditions become more and more challenging each day. Despite the setback, the Ivy Bridge will still be launched in a few weeks time, based on an unconfirmed report from Intel.

Manufacturing of select products such as Ultrabooks, laptops and tablets using the Ivy Bridge platform will have to face some delays. A tech web crn.com.au site states, “Originally expected to start shipping in April, the Ivy Bridge processor is apparently delayed due to Intel having difficulty shifting stock of its current Sandy Bridge processor inventory. Consumers, it seems, just aren’t snapping up notebooks fast enough.”

Another technology web site, PCWorld claims, “You may have to wait a little longer for that new Ivy Bridge ultrabook: Volume shipments of Intel’s upcoming 22 nanometer die shrink of its Sandy Bridge architecture will be delayed, says Asian news (though as often rumormonger) site DigiTimes. Why? Because consumers aren’t snapping up notebooks fast enough.”

Based on this phenomenon, new devices that will be powered by Intel’s Ivy Bridge processors could only be marketed effectively by late this year or the first quarter of 2013.

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 Shipments of Intel Ivy Bridge processors delayed