Intel Set for Big Announcements at IDF

From DailyTech: Intel's annual Developers Forum is set to start on September 14 in San Francisco. PCMag reports that Intel is will announce at the show that it has begun manufacturing on its 32nm process for its Core CPU line. The line of CPUs is known under the codename Westmere.

The Arrandale chips will be for notebooks and will contain both a GPU and a graphics core in one package. The Clarkdale chip with be a desktop version of the same layout. Arrandale is reportedly expected to ship in Q4 2009.

One big topic at IDF is expected to be the unveiling of the Intel SoC effort and Intel is also expected to make transistor improvement announcements. The conference will also be the venue where Intel talks about its holiday season plans for this year and its goals for 2010.

PCMag reports that the Arrandale and Clarkdale CPU with a graphics core inside may put pressure on AMD, who only recently unveiled its new Vision program to help consumers understand what different computers can do for them with respect to creating and watching video and other common PC tasks. Intel is also expected to offer more details on Larrabee, its anticipated CPU with a GPU on the same core.

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