Intel is set to launch several Sandy Bridge-based low-power processors under its Huron River platform, Core i7-2640LM, 2620LM, 2630UM and 2610LM, as well as Core i5-2530UM, in addition to its Core i7-2920XM, 2820QM, 2720QM and 2620M, and Core i5-2540M and 2520M, according to sources from notebook players.

Intel also plans to launch a Celeron processor coded B801 for the entry-level notebook market.

Huron River consists of a 32nm Sandy Bridge processor and QS67/QM67 chipset, and is equipped with either a combination of Centrino Ultimate-N/Advanced-N 6000 series wireless or Centrino Advanced-N/WiMAX 6000 series wireless. The platform will also support Intel’s Wireless Display (WiDi) technology.

As vendors are expected to launch Huron River-based notebooks, while cutting the price of their Calpella-based models in the first quarter of 2011, consumer demand in the quarter is expected to become strong, the sources noted.

Sandy Bridge, formerly Gesher, is the codename for the processor microarchitecture developed by Intel as the successor to Nehalem. Based on the 32 nm process, development began in 2005 at Intel’s Israel Development Center (IDC) in Haifa.

Processors based on this architecture are marketed as the second generation of Core i processors and were announced on January 3, 2011. Mainstream processors became available on January 9, 2011.
On January 31, 2011, Intel announced that it had found a design flaw in its 6 series chipset named Cougar Point, that accompanies the LGA 1155 socket, affecting SATA-II ports (number 2 to 5) and a recall was issued. Intel has announced that replacements will be out to motherboard manufacturers by the end of February 2011.

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