Due to economic downturn

Just recently, Intel has decided to postpone the launch of its 45nm Lynnfield socket LGA1156 mainstream processors as well as its P55 chipset to the end of August or beginning of September.  According to Digitimes, Intel may postpone them even further according to the market situation.

In recent times, the market recession has caused an overstock of chipset inventory for board makers, which ultimately compels them to pull back on next-generation product releases.

Intel's 45nm Lynnfield processors and P55 chipset were originally scheduled to launch at the end of July.  The company plans to phase out its non-integrated graphics processor P45 and P43 chipsets and will transition its 4-series IGP chipsets to the entry-level.

In February, Intel plans to provide engineering samples of its upcoming 45nm Havendale socket LGA1156 entry-level processors.  Moreover, the design validation test for these chips will be complete in July to August and mass production is scheduled to begin in September to October.  However, the entry-level CPUs won't be ready for shipping until January 2010.