14 DAY TRIAL // Ever since it introduced the first Sandy Bridge processors back in January of 2011, Intel has been hard at work developing new SKUs based on this architecture, and latest reports suggest that the company is getting ready to add yet another CPU model to its lineup, called the Core i5-2310.
Although it wasn't yet released, this isn't the first time that we hear about the Core i5-2310 as the CPU was, for the very first time, spotted about two weeks ago on the Biostar website in a processor support list.
This time, however, the part number of the CPU has been listed in Intel's Material Declaration Data Sheets (MDDS) database, thus confirming the availability of the model, as CPU-World reports.
As far as its specifications are concerned, the chip will have a 2.9GHz core frequency, a 95W TDP and will be compatible with socket LGA 1155 motherboards.
Just like all the other Core i5 CPUs, this too will support Turbo Boost and the SSE4, AES and AVX instruction sets while also packing 6 MB of L3 cache and a quad-core design. Hyper-Threading will be disabled.
No details regarding the maximum Turbo speed and the operating frequency of the on-die GPU were released, but, presumably, these won't differ too much from those of the i5-2300 as both processors have a lot of features in common.
The Core i5-2300 is available right now for $177.00 and comes clocked at 2.8GHz (3.1GHz Turbo Boost) while the integrated graphics works at 850MHz (1.1 GHz max dynamic frequency).
Sadly, no details are available regarding the pricing or the launch date of the new processor.
Later this year, Intel's high performance second-generation Core family will be joined by a new series of Pentium and Celeron processors based on the Sandy Bridge architecture. The new lineup will include desktop as well as mobile processors.