I want one. Indeed useful for 3D Render nodes. Good thing I bought a cheap used q66 machine last month instead of i5... now I can save up for this in the spring.
Rumors say we'll see this hit the street come March.
The dropping of the i9 naming is reflective of intel moving the i7 line to 6-cores and discontinuing the 4-core i7 line starting at the end of this year. I also have see rumors talking about an off die graphics processor being added to the 6-core i7 line towards the end of 2010 (off die graphics processor is something I thought was only going to be in the i5 line)
I'm personally looking forward to the 8-core Beckton processors (aka Nehalem-EX)
There is no such graphics-enabled Core i7 in the works, as the entire lineup is being canned in favor of Sandy Bridge at the end of 2010. There are also no plans to cancel quad core Core i7s until the advent of Sandy Bridge, and this will most likely be one of only two 6-core Gulftowns ever produced.
Like I said, "rumors" that there will be an off-die Graphics processors added to the i7, But I'll agree that it will likely only apply to i5
At the least the i7 920, 940, 950 and 965 will all be discontinued in the next month or two, (the 920 is already on the way out) if not all the quad core i7 or so the rumors say.
Sandy bridge is interesting in the changes it will bring. but we'll see i7's going off the market before the 2011 release of sandy bridge.
You do realize that the TechRadar article you linked in nearly 3 years old, and the bit-tech one nearly 6 months old, with several roadmaps painting a completely different picture occurring since then?
I didn't post all the locations I have seen the rumors about the i7 changes. So those were a little old, that doesn't mean they were wrong. The information in the post you gave is only "leaked info" and may or may not be totally accurate. it may only be accurate to the Japanese market as the source is hiroshige goto who reported on an intel Investor Meeting in Japan that included slides of the so called road map.
As for an i7 with IGP ....what about the i7 640UM? it's rumored to be a dual core with IGP set for release in 2010. but the i7 640um maybe just a renamed as CeleronULV with the Arrandale or Westmere core (sorry the best I could do in finding another source more recent for the i7 with IGP is from 3 months ago, of course that really doesn't mean anything)
I think the Rumor you posted about the 930 replacing the 920 backs up the 6 month old article. suggesting a big change coming in the i7 line.
oh wait I just found the proof......the i76xxM, i7 6xxUM and i7 6xxLM will all have a GPU off die. your source for intel road map had the slide proving the i7 line will have IGP graphics
I just can't wait for the 920 variants of the next 6 core setup. While it will most likely be a long time from now, we can still OC the hell out of what we have
At the cost of battery life. Someone better invent a new form of mobile power.
A notebook after 6 months just isn't what it's suppose to be on the battery standby time.
No the i7 mobile chips with IGP be dual core and maybe a quad core (just when you think all the i7 CPUs are quad core they throw a dual core with graphics at us)
Intel will have no such part for another year + & at that who knows when it will be available for consumers.
According to the PC watch article, Thrax quoted, in this slide the i3 and i5 should have IGP added and out to consumers in 1Q2010 It's safe to say that by march we should be expecting the i7 versions.
Of course the slide also shows the i7 line ending before 2010 starts. Considering the rumors saying the gulftown core will be called i7 980x it could be that with larrabee's delay intel has decided to continue with the successful i7 core branding longer then originally planed (the other explanation is the information from that specific slide is partly wrong as other slides in the pc watch article show a few i7 CPUs in 2010 at least until 2Q2010)
No the i7 mobile chips with IGP be dual core and maybe a quad core (just when you think all the i7 CPUs are quad core they throw a dual core with graphics at us)
According to the PC watch article, Thrax quoted, in this slide the i3 and i5 should have IGP added and out to consumers in 1Q2010 It's safe to say that by march we should be expecting the i7 versions.
Of course the slide also shows the i7 line ending before 2010 starts. Considering the rumors saying the gulftown core will be called i7 980x it could be that with larrabee's delay intel has decided to continue with the successful i7 core branding longer then originally planed (the other explanation is the information from that specific slide is partly wrong as other slides in the pc watch article show a few i7 CPUs in 2010 at least until 2Q2010)
Since you dont seem to be able to take a hint...i was sarcastic. You have gone from a "rumored" igp featured 6-core cpu (and i'm 100% sure you meant desktop cpu's from the start since this is what the article is about) down to "rumored" dual core mobile cpu's.
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The dropping of the i9 naming is reflective of intel moving the i7 line to 6-cores and discontinuing the 4-core i7 line starting at the end of this year. I also have see rumors talking about an off die graphics processor being added to the 6-core i7 line towards the end of 2010 (off die graphics processor is something I thought was only going to be in the i5 line)
I'm personally looking forward to the 8-core Beckton processors (aka Nehalem-EX)
At the least the i7 920, 940, 950 and 965 will all be discontinued in the next month or two, (the 920 is already on the way out) if not all the quad core i7 or so the rumors say.
Sandy bridge is interesting in the changes it will bring. but we'll see i7's going off the market before the 2011 release of sandy bridge.
http://tech.icrontic.com/news/leaked-roadmap-details-intel-cpu-plans/
As for an i7 with IGP ....what about the i7 640UM? it's rumored to be a dual core with IGP set for release in 2010. but the i7 640um maybe just a renamed as CeleronULV with the Arrandale or Westmere core (sorry the best I could do in finding another source more recent for the i7 with IGP is from 3 months ago, of course that really doesn't mean anything)
I think the Rumor you posted about the 930 replacing the 920 backs up the 6 month old article. suggesting a big change coming in the i7 line.
so your statment is not factual.
(sad to think all the really nice stuff is still a year out)
/me starts eyeballing water blocks for LGA1366
Intel will have no such part for another year + & at that who knows when it will be available for consumers.
Do those mobile cpu's also have 6 cores?
A notebook after 6 months just isn't what it's suppose to be on the battery standby time.
No the i7 mobile chips with IGP be dual core and maybe a quad core (just when you think all the i7 CPUs are quad core they throw a dual core with graphics at us)
According to the PC watch article, Thrax quoted, in this slide the i3 and i5 should have IGP added and out to consumers in 1Q2010 It's safe to say that by march we should be expecting the i7 versions.
Of course the slide also shows the i7 line ending before 2010 starts. Considering the rumors saying the gulftown core will be called i7 980x it could be that with larrabee's delay intel has decided to continue with the successful i7 core branding longer then originally planed (the other explanation is the information from that specific slide is partly wrong as other slides in the pc watch article show a few i7 CPUs in 2010 at least until 2Q2010)
Since you dont seem to be able to take a hint...i was sarcastic. You have gone from a "rumored" igp featured 6-core cpu (and i'm 100% sure you meant desktop cpu's from the start since this is what the article is about) down to "rumored" dual core mobile cpu's.
I wasn't the only one who missed your sarcasm
from the beginning I was only commenting on the i7 line
Anybody else who has more links to info, will appreciate.