Soleron on 27 August 2010
http://www.anandtech.com/show/3871/the-sandy-bridge-preview-three-wins-in-a-row
- 32nm quad-core, new architecture compared to the current Nehalem Core i7s
- About 15% faster per-clock compared to Nehalem
- Launches January 8th 2011 with prices from $140 to $562, 2 or 4 cores and clockspeeds up to 3.4GHz with 3.8GHz Turbo.
- Integrated graphics is better than an HD 5450, i.e. it can play new games at 30fps on the lowest settings. That's very impressive.
Solid performance. AMD's competition will be a little later in the form of Llano and Bulldozer
