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Conroe ETA

cyks said:
What is it? Around Vista?
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July-September if everything stays on schedule. Vista for OEMs is supposed to be out in November and consumers early 2007. DirectX 10 cards will probably come out sometime between Conroe and Vista, though we'll find out more at E3.
 
lol, it is in your sig. I am saving for one of the EE if they come out around the others. I want to do a Crossfore/Conroe build next.
 
July - August would be great. I'll be back in the US and I already have a Chenbro SR209 waiting in storage....then its FPS games until December! (damn i've been working away too long! :D )
 
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=31150

Instead of putting out small quantities of each at once, something it is capable of doing, Intel is focusing on what's hurting it most, servers. This means that Woodcrest will come out first and ramp hardest, starting in July. Once it has sufficient numbers in the market, it will follow with Conroe in August.

Since Intel is feeling the heat the least for notebook chips, Merom will be the last to launch. It will happen in late September, giving Conroe and Woodcrest more volume before pulling wafers to where they are needed least.
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Conroe may not come out in July. To me, It looks like we will not see conroe in any decent supply until August at the soonest. Merom will probably not be seen any earlier than September. Add a month for widespread availability (to be on the safe side), and most people will not have a conroe box until the end of Q3 possibly early Q4.

So, now you know how long you are goint to have to wait.
 
Late june launch. But as many have said availability will be tight . Not as tight as some would want you to believe.
 
cyks said:
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http://legitreviews.com/news/2102/

Rumor: AMD Moving Forward Socket AM2 Launch

Kristopher Kubicki has stated that AMD told him that they are moving up their Socket AM2 launch from June 6th to May 23rd. AMD has recently been getting nailed on DDR2 memory performance and the buzz around Intel's upcoming Conroe processor, so it only makes sense to bump up the launch to get some time in the spotlight!

We just got official confirmation from motherboard and chipset manufacturers in Taiwan -- AMD has moved the official launch date of Athlon 64 DDR2 up two weeks to May 23, 2006. AMD roadmaps have previously put the AM2 launch at June 6, 2006 (during Computex 2006), but since motherboards and CPUs are already completed, the launch will be pushed up. AMD insiders tell us Conroe's launch date was also a factor in pushing the AM2 launch date up, though even we do not know the exact date Intel's Conroe will launch.
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If you want to know what Intel is doing, see what AMD does. It will give away something Intel is about to do every time. I'd almost bet we'll have Conroe by the first week of July, not August and not Sept, but that's just IMO. Conroe buyers should see AMD moving up the AM2 based procs as good news.
 
$BangforThe$ said:
Late june launch. But as many have said availability will be tight . Not as tight as some would want you to believe.
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Intel may launch them During the Second day of Computex and then have them go on sale July 3rd or 5th. If Intel had bad yields or Slow RAMP UP, then they'd have to price their Processors like AMD.
 
Vista will be 64 bit native or incorporate some 64 bit functionality? I have a beta here of Vista, It is RC2. But since i am an MSDN Pro user and not Universal subscription member i don't get some of the software. I have been reporting some issue to Microsoft about Vista having issues with some of the Video drivers. But since the Manufacturers have not released drivers yet for it, well that sucks. I also heard 2007 was the release date for Vista from Microsoft.
 
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Intel Corp. is trying simultaneously to boost desktop sales and improve client security and management, announcing a plan called vPro. Upgrading desktop platforms involves promoting dual-core microprocessor architectures on client platforms and offering a dedicated coprocessing chip set with a new generation of Active Management Technology and hardware-based virtualization.

At a news conference Monday (April 24), CEO Paul Otellini emphasized that Intel’s focus on mobile technologies, like Centrino WiFi support, does not mean the company anticipates all client platforms will move to mobile systems. Desktop platforms currently ship at a rate of 85 million units a year, he said, many of which will never be replaced by laptops.

“We’ve known for a decade, since Intel was involved in the Desktop Management Task Force, that desktop clients need better security and better management visibility,” Otellini said.

Active Management Technology will let managers audit powered-down PCs; remotely repair systems that are down; and securely wake and update systems.

Security features within vPro, implemented in hardware virtualization and multiple partitioning and in client software, will operate proactively so that security risks can be observed at both end user and management platforms. That will prevent users from turning off or bypassing particular security features, such as authentication, Otellini said. Deep packet analysis prevents bad packets from ever entering the user-partitioned space, he said.

By partnering with third-party software specialists like Symantec, Otellini said, Intel can offer soft “security appliances” implemented as modules directly on the operating system and the user platform. John Thompson, chairman and chief executive of Symantec, said that the modularization of security within the OS platform could respond to “modular malicious code,” where small applets invoke larger security threats when they arrive in the user space of a desktop platform.

The multicore desktop microarchitecture known as Conroe, which Intel first discussed at the March Intel Developer Forum, will play a key role in vPro because of the energy efficiency involved in implementing the microprocessor, Otellini said.
 
rgold28 said:
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Intel Corp. is trying simultaneously to boost desktop sales and improve client security and management, announcing a plan called vPro. Upgrading desktop platforms involves promoting dual-core microprocessor architectures on client platforms and offering a dedicated coprocessing chip set with a new generation of Active Management Technology and hardware-based virtualization.

At a news conference Monday (April 24), CEO Paul Otellini emphasized that Intel’s focus on mobile technologies, like Centrino WiFi support, does not mean the company anticipates all client platforms will move to mobile systems. Desktop platforms currently ship at a rate of 85 million units a year, he said, many of which will never be replaced by laptops.

“We’ve known for a decade, since Intel was involved in the Desktop Management Task Force, that desktop clients need better security and better management visibility,” Otellini said.

Active Management Technology will let managers audit powered-down PCs; remotely repair systems that are down; and securely wake and update systems.

Security features within vPro, implemented in hardware virtualization and multiple partitioning and in client software, will operate proactively so that security risks can be observed at both end user and management platforms. That will prevent users from turning off or bypassing particular security features, such as authentication, Otellini said. Deep packet analysis prevents bad packets from ever entering the user-partitioned space, he said.

By partnering with third-party software specialists like Symantec, Otellini said, Intel can offer soft “security appliances” implemented as modules directly on the operating system and the user platform. John Thompson, chairman and chief executive of Symantec, said that the modularization of security within the OS platform could respond to “modular malicious code,” where small applets invoke larger security threats when they arrive in the user space of a desktop platform.

The multicore desktop microarchitecture known as Conroe, which Intel first discussed at the March Intel Developer Forum, will play a key role in vPro because of the energy efficiency involved in implementing the microprocessor, Otellini said.
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What does this mean for the Conroe ETA though? Anything?
 
cyks said:
It just talks about security concerns as far as I can tell.
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Yeah, that post seems pointless.

Anyways, hopefully a more precise timeline appears soon, cuz the prelim. performance numbers look incredible. It's time for me to get a new rig too, it's so hard to wait.
 
rgold28 said:
Vista will be 64 bit native or incorporate some 64 bit functionality? I have a beta here of Vista, It is RC2. But since i am an MSDN Pro user and not Universal subscription member i don't get some of the software. I have been reporting some issue to Microsoft about Vista having issues with some of the Video drivers. But since the Manufacturers have not released drivers yet for it, well that sucks. I also heard 2007 was the release date for Vista from Microsoft.
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beta of Vista that is RC2 eh? :rolleyes:

You have pre-beta2

There will be 32bit and 64bit versions of Vista
 
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