According to reports,
the company will launch the E7200 model with a clock speed of 2.53 GHz in Q2
of this year. The first chip will integrate a 1066 MHZ FSB, up from 800 MHz in
the E4000 series, and a 3 MB shared L2 cache, up from 2 MB. The thermal design
power remains at 65 watts. Overall, 45 nm processors will be rare sight on the
market, as Intel expects only 5% of its total output to be 45 nm. The share is
expected to climb to 20% in Q2 and to 50% in Q3. Meanwhile, first information
about the E8000 series, the successor of the current Core 2 Duo E6000 models,
begins to show up. Several media outlets are reporting that the 45 nm dual cores
will be shipping in late January, while the Q9000 quad-cores are expected to
follow with a few weeks of delay.
