It shows Intel introducing three Bloomfield models in the Extreme, Performance and high-end Mainstream levels by the 4th quarter (October-December) of this year. The 3.2 GHz Bloomfield XE will immediately replace the Core 2 Extreme QX9770 and QX9650 processors, while the 2.93 GHz Bloomfield P1 will start supplanting the Core 2 Quad Q9650 (3.0 GHz) and completely replace it by the first quarter of 2009.
Much earlier than that though, in the next three months, Intel plans to introduce two new quad-core processors - the Core 2 Quad Q9650 and the Core 2 Quad Q8200. The Q9650 will be nothing new - just a multiplier-locked version of the Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9650 processor but it will be much cheaper so hooray...
Those on a budget (like us!) will be more enthusiastic about the Core 2 Quad Q8200. This 2.33 GHz part will have just 4 MB of L2 cache but it will be cheap, quoted at just US$ 203 in quantities of 1,000. It will not support the Intel Trusted Execution Technology (TXT) and Virtualization Technology though, but they are unlikely to be of any great importance to those who are actually looking to buy it - cheapskates like us!
Finally, Intel will cut the price of the dual-core E8400 in this coming quarter (July-September) and drop it to the low-end mainstream (MS1) tier. It will replace the slower E8xxx models and completely phase out the 65nm Core 2 Duo E6xxx series.
In the next 3 months, Intel will start replacing their remaining 65 nm E4xxx processors with 45 nm E7xxx processors in the Essential tier. Even the Value line will see the introduction of the 45 nm E5200 which will slowly replace the E2220 as the highest-end Value-line processor. However, the Pentium Dual-Core E2xxx and Celeron Dual-Core E1xxx 65 nm processors are set to remain in production way into 2009.
from http://www.techarp.com
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