New AMD Bulldozer release date rumored to be October 12

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The latest rumors surrounding the release date of AMD’s Bulldozer, or FX series, or Zambezi, desktop processors have them coming sooner than later (for a change). After being bumped from September to October, they now apparently will debut on October 12.

Better still, the price keeps dropping on them. The top Bulldozer, the eight-core FX-8150, should cost around $245, while another eight-core, the FX-8120, will be priced at just $205. The six-core FX-6100 will run $175.

At that price, the FX-8150 should seriously undercut the price of the Intel Core i7-2600K (currently around $315), unless Intel decides to drop its price. Considering that it is rumored to be readying the i7-2700K for release soon to counter the Bulldozer launch, Intel may very well be planning to make the i7-2600K more affordable.

[Via Fudzilla]

Sean Portnoy is a freelance technology journalist.

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Intel preparing Sandy Bridge-E processors for November 15 release?

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Intel delays release of Cedar Trail-M netbook platform, new Atom processors

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Summary: Intel has had to push back the release date for its latest netbook platform, Cedar Trail-M, and will also delay the launch of its new Atom CPUs. Once slated for release next month, Cedar Trail-M is now expected in November, reports DigiTimes. The delay is apparently due to a combination of graphics drivers problems and [...]

Intel has had to push back the release date for its latest netbook platform, Cedar Trail-M, and will also delay the launch of its new Atom CPUs. Once slated for release next month, Cedar Trail-M is now expected in November, reports DigiTimes.

The delay is apparently due to a combination of graphics drivers problems and the lack of Windows 7 certification. Cedar Trail-M will feature DirectX 10.1 support from its integrated GPUs, and is based around the new Atom N2600 and N2800 processors. Intel has decided to push back the release of new Atom CPUs for nettops — the D2500 and D2700 — until November as well.

Such an announcement made in 2009 would have been a major event as netbooks were all the rage. But as DigiTimes deftly puts it, “Since netbooks are no longer a mainstream product in the IT market,” the delay barely registers a yawn in a 2011 tablet-crazed world, and even Intel has shifted its focus to its pricier Ultrabook platform.

Are you excited at all about the forthcoming Cedar Trail-M platform? Do you have still any interest in netbooks? Let us know in the Comments section.

Sean Portnoy is a freelance technology journalist.

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