Although Intel does not miss the possibility to state about the beginning of 45 nm processors deliveries in the present year, these statements relate to server processors harpertown, whereas in desktop segment the first 45 nm processors with two and four cores will appear only in the first quarter 2008.
We start from the expansion rates . In the third quarter 2008 , Intel company will release more 45 nm processors ( than 65 nm ) . In other words, the fraction of 45 nm processors in will exceed 50%. Intel indicates that dual core processors wolfdale in the first quarter will after announcement engage approximately 10-12%, four core processor yorkfield will engage not more than 2-3%.
Concerning wolfdale processors price policy , in the first quarter they will be prescribed not only in the upper price segments, but also in niche less than $180, where already in this summer we will find the processor core 2 Duo e6550 (2.33 GHz).
In the first quarter 2008 will be sold one version of wolfdale processors with 6 mb cache in the second level and 1333 MHz system bus. However, already in the second quarter will appear wolfdale with 3 mb cache in the second level and 1066 MHz system bus. Furthermore, in processors family core 2 Duo with 1066 MHz system bus again will appear models with a small cache volume . The cost of wolfdale models with 1066 MHz system bus will lie in the range from $100 to $150.
The lower system bus frequency and cache volume will not become the only victims of budget wolfdale - these processors will lose support to technologies VT and TXT (virtualization and data protection ), which will be supported by their analog with 1333 MHz system bus.
Let us note that the first generation of four core processors yorkfield will be satisfied by 1066 MHz system bus, and only some time later will appear models with 1333 MHz system bus.