How long does it take to design and release a chip?

coderman coderman at gmail.com
Thu Dec 12 18:21:33 PST 2013


On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 5:17 PM, coderman <coderman at gmail.com> wrote:
> ... if Intel were to decide to include RDRAW in next
> CPU line design, how long would it be to retail channels? >3yrs?

using Sandy Bridge as a reference: 4 years design to demo, 1-2 years
demo to available.

design began 2005
demo'd in 2009
shipping in 2011



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