There might be a preview of this chipset at some point in
late May but the official launch of Intel's P35 chipset is Computex. This is
nothing new as this was
always the case and
you can expect to see the big launch of the 4th of June.
Intel did told a few partners that they will be able to
launch in May but I guess Intel changed its mind about the strategy and
probably has more 975 and 965 chipsets to sell. As of June it will all be painted
in P35 and G33 chipsets.
Nvidia is slowly taking Intel chipset crown and have some
good sales with Nforce 680i SLI, and 650i SLI and Intel can not let that
happen. At least ATI with its RD600 is out of the picture.
P35 will be positioned as the performance chipset but not as
high end as in Q3 Intel plans a new chipset called P38 meant for real
enthusiasts and overclockers. Usually when Intel says Q3 this means end of the
quarter rather then the beginning of one.