Financial Times reports this morning that Intel is expecting the release of their next-generation microprocessors to be delayed 8 to 10 weeks. That could delay the release of Apple’s new round of Macs.
FT.com reports:
In his first interview to discuss Intel’s business in China, Mr Maloney told the Financial Times that the start of sales of machines equipped with Ivy Bridge – the 22nm processor set to succeed Sandy Bridge in notebooks this year – had been pushed back from April. “I think maybe it’s June now,” he said.
Mr Maloney said the adjustment was not caused by a lack of demand but came because of the new manufacturing process needed to make the smaller chips.
An Intel spokesperson said the company still had plans to begin shipments of Ivy Bridge in the second quarter.