Hi,

For some time I was planning to build 8 core desktop. At first I thought that it would be possible with Sandy Bridge E, but despite having 8 physical cores, they limited non-server edition to 6 So I was thinking that in next revision (Ivy Bridge E) they will bring full 8 cores to desktop. But there is no info about Ivy Bridge E from Intel at all :/ There were some rumours that it won't hit until H2 of 2013, but I find it impossible - it would be better to skip it than releasing so late, we can probably expect Haswell E by then. Also in the initial slides Intel promised upgrade path in socket 2011 to Ivy Bridge E, so it should definitely come out and I would still position it in autumn 2012 (september-november). I am planning to build a rig in that time (hoping for full GK110 Kepler to release on desktop as well about that time).

Does any of you have some solid info about release of Ivy Bridge E?