Intel Readies Core i3-3120ME and i3-3217UE Ivy Bridge CPUs

Besides desktop and mobile parts, Intel’s Ivy Bridge CPU lineup will also include a series of embedded processors. Recently the specs of two such models have been uncovered and published online.

The processors in question are the Core i3-3217UE and i3-3120ME, both of these featuring similar specifications and coming with two computing cores with Hyper-Threading support.

Starting with the Core i3-3217UE, this is an ultra-low voltage CPU with a base clock of 1.6GHz, no Turbo Boost support (as it’s the case with all Core i3 CPUs) and 3MB of Level 3 cache memory.

Just like Intel’s mobile Ivy Bridge processors, the chip incorporates an HD 4000 graphics engine clocked at 350MHz, which can go as high as 900MHz when the need arises.

The new Intel part is planned to come as a replacement for the current Core i3-2340UE based on the Sandy Bridge architecture, so it sports the same 17W TDP as that of the latter chip.

However, compared to i3-2340UE, the i3-3217UE has a 300MHz higher core frequency, and 100MHz higher maximum Turbo Boost frequency. 

The second Ivy Bridge embedded CPU to be uncovered by CPU-World is the Intel Core i3-3120ME, which has a base clock speed of 2.4GHz and an identical 35W TDP as that of the i3-2310E it will replace.

An integrated HD 4000 graphics core is also included, this time clocked at 650MHz, while the L3 cache size is set at 3MB.

Both processors support DDR3-1600 ECC memory, Intel’s VPro technology and will come in the BGA package, while their PCI Express support will be downgraded to 2.0.

The two embedded CPUs are expected to arrive in the second or third quarter of 2012, but their exact shipping date is not known so far.

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