Slides illustrating Intel’s plans to transition its enterprise microprocessor shipments in the coming year have shown up on VR-Zone. The slides graphically show the proportions of which microprocessors Intel plans to ship in the future and which they plan to phase out. We reported on Nehalem back in January when we said that the first microprocessors based on the entirely new architecture, octo-core Bloomfield, would ship in Q4 of this year. Well, while this has not been officially backed in writing or actual numbers, it appears that we might see them as soon as Q3.

The slides at VR-Zone show a sliver of silver at the top of the bar that represents Nehalem in Intel’s Q3 processor distribution. Of course this information only pertains to the server market, so those of you holding out for a Nehalem of any sort on the desktop probably have about a full year ahead of you.

Recently Intel quietly rolled out somewhat of a stopgap part with its Dunnington architecture. Dunnington seems more like a “hey, look what we can do with the technology we already have” than the far more interesting “hey, look what our new stuff can do” kind of part. We’ve gone into some pretty good detail in the past about both Nehalem and Dunnington, so check that out if you’re interested.

Outside of this possible Nehalem sighting in Q3, the slides are pretty much the same old same old. It is cool to see so many different chips on transition charts like these though; a testament to Intel’s tick-tock initiative that seems to continually reshape the microprocessor biz.

Source: VR-Zone

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