Intel Core i5 already on sale in Taiwan-December 2024-www.yitit.com

As kids, we used to brag about every unimaginable tech our unlce's bought from far off places like the US of A, Japan, and China etc. I'm glad to see that things like that are actually happening now. Intel's latest corp of processors from the Nehalem architecture have been spotted being retailed in Taiwan, along with some P55 based motherboards. And to confirm this news, TweakTown have even shared a video.

Not that the new processors are selling side by side with the Core 2 line, though I think that's only to clear up the inventory. Intel has yet to officially announce the release of these chips, which are expected to be on sale this September, as we have already reported. Here is the expected pricing details of the latest line of processors from Intel:

Model	Cores/ Threads	Clock (GHz)	Turbo-boost	Cache (MB)	QPI (GT/s)	Socket (LGA)	Price ($)	Price (£)
Core i7-975	4/8	3.33	Yes	8	6.4	1366	970	591
Core i7-960	4/8	3.20	Yes	8	4.8	1366	545	332
Core i7-950	4/8	3.06	Yes	8	4.8	1366	545	332
Core i7-920	4/8	2.66	Yes	8	4.8	1366	275	168
Core i7-870	4/8	2.93	Yes	8	TBD	1156	545	332
Core i7-860	4/8	2.80	Yes	8	TBD	1156	275	168
Core i5-750	4/4	2.66	Yes	4	TBD	1156	192	117
Core i5-670*	2/4	3.46	Yes	4	n/a	1156	275	168
Core i5-661	2/4	3.33	Yes	4	n/a	1156	192	117
Core i5-660*	2/4	3.33	Yes	4	n/a	1156	192	117
Core i5-650*	2/4	3.20	Yes	4	n/a	1156	172	105
Core i3-540	2/4	3.06	No	4	n/a	1156	139	85
Core i3-530	2/4	2.93	No	4	n/a	1156	119	73

I'm guessing that Intel would drop prices on all the Core 2 models to help clear the inventory and make room for the new platform. But I'd advise everyone not to fall for the price cut because there is a significant performance difference between the two platforms.