65W or less
for dual
Sandy
Bridge is Intel's first monolithic core that will integrate CPU, graphics and
memory controller and will bring all these independent processors in the same
socket and chip. This will be done in 32nm.
The introduction
of this new 32nm processor also means that Intel can reduce the TDP (Thermal Design
Power) at least a little bit.
Intel plans
to introduce regular, non-low voltage dual-cores with a 65W TDP and the quad
cores will fit the 65W to 95W TDP. Current Core i5 and Core i3 dual-cores in
the desktop market are at rated at 73W TDP, while the Core i5 and Core i7 Lynfield quad-core based
CPUs are between 82 and 130W TDP.
With this
in mind, 95W quad-core with integrated graphics doesn’t sounds so bad and 65W
with graphics definitely sounds attractive, as it can offer a lot of performance
with a reasonable TDP.
All this is
scheduled to start in Q1 2011.
