During Intel’s earnings conference call for the first quarter, CEO Paul Otellini announced that Ivy Bridge processors intended for the MacBook Air update and ultrabooks will hit the market a couple of months later, while Monday’s launch is for more performance-oriented devices. The first wave of Ivy Bridge chips is reportedly quad-core, meaning it is mostly bound for desktop computers. The mainstream notebook dual-core CPUs are said to arrive with the second launch in June.
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According to a recent rumor, Apple will update the iMac lineup with Intel’s upcoming Ivy Bridge processors in June or July. The new desktops will be reportedly equipped with 22-nanometer Intel Core i5 and i7 CPUs.
If the tip provided an accurate timeframe, the updates are anticipated to follow MacBook Pro refreshes to the market. Apple has been claimed to incorporate Ivy Bridge chipsets into the 15-inch MacBook Pro first, with the 13-inch model left for later. Both laptops will allegedly arrive in the nearest future. As suggested lately, the 15-inch MacBook Pro may hit the shelves as soon as April.
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A Sunday rumor may have limited and contextualized Intel’s reported delay of Ivy Bridge chips. According to VR-Zone, the company still intended to ship desktop and quad-core CPUs on time, and the June delays were mostly kept to dual-core mobile chipsets. Confirming an earlier tip, the new report explains it as a move to clear unsold stock of the existing Sandy Bridge processors, both for unsold PCs, mainly Windows-based, and for raw chips.
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