45% of Intel’s Desktops Chips to Feature Nehalem Micro-Architecture by Year End
 

Since Intel Corp.’s positions on the market of desktop central processing units (CPUs) are very strong these days, the company is hardly interested in rapid transitions to newer micro-architectures. According to the information learnt by X-bit labs, by the end of the year the majority of Intel’s desktop processors will still be based on the Core 2 or Atom micro-architectures.

In Q1 2010 the share of microprocessors based on Nehalem micro-architecture among Intel’s desktop CPUs will be a little higher than 20%, the share will increase to a little less that about 30% in the second quarter, then will grow further to approximately 40% in Q3 and will raise to 45% in the fourth quarter of the year. As a result, the vast majority of microprocessors inside Intel-based desktops will be based on the Core 2 micro-architecture.

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