After having officially confirmed the much-hyped Core i3 and Core i5 chip names, the Santa Clara, California-based Intel is now said to be considering the launch of its first CPUs with integrated graphics for Q1 2010, with the chips to ship later in Q4 this year. These new processors are part of the company's upcoming 32nm-based lineup and are currently codenamed Clarkdale.

According to a recent article on Fudzilla, Intel has already informed its customers that Clarkdale will start shipping in Q4 2009, with the new chips expected to become available in the first quarter of 2010. Clarkdale is the codename for Intel's first processors with integrated graphics, designed using the chip maker's new 32nm manufacturing process. Clarkdale, alongside Lynnfield, will be part of Intel's next-generation line of mainstream and high-performance processors, which will be included in the company's Core i3 and Core i5 series.

There aren't many details available on the technical specifications of these new chips, but we should know more as we approach their much-anticipated release. According to the details presented by Fudzilla, we could see the first computer systems based on Intel's next-generation 32nm processors sometime during the CES 2010 computer show. By that time, we should know if going for processors with integrated graphics is an alternative worth considering, from the point of view of a performance/value ratio.

In the meantime, Intel, the world's leading vendor of computer processors, is expected to focus its production on the chip maker's new Core iX family of processors, with the Core i7-series expected to see some updated products being launched in the upcoming future. Intel's current Core i7 CPUs are based on the company's Nehalem architecture, enabling a number of new features that weren't available on the previous generation of processors, based on the Core architecture.