After the delays with the G45, Intel now really seems to be hard at work with its integrated graphics offerings. Production on the Havendale processors with Nehalem micro-architecture - due out in the third quarter of 2009 - will in fact only get started at the end of 2009 with a launch in January 2010.
Just to recap, Nehalem will be released in at least 3 versions for desktop platforms. The first, Bloomfield, will be out this quarter. This quad core CPU will utilize LGA 1366 form-factor, have 8 MB of cache and will support triple channel DDR3 memory.
The second, Lynnfield, is also a quad core. In a new socket it will also have 8 MB of cache but will “only” support dual-channel DDR3. It’ll feature 1x16 PCI Express 2.0, configurable in 2x8.
The Havendale that has been pushed back is a dual core with 4 MB of cache as well as one x 16 PCI-Express 2.0 slot and built-in graphics core.
Intel has also announced that the first Lynfields and Clarksfields (expected for laptops in Q3 2009) are out of the factory as expected and booted Windows and Linux at the end of July.
