According to Taiwan mainboard vendors, Intel had already slated the shipping prices for its upcoming next generation Nehalem micro-architecture based CPUs. Ranging from $284 to $999 in quantities of 1000 proves Intel’s firm determination to improving its products competitiveness in every aspect of market.

Fascinating it is as Intel priced its mainstream 2.66GHz Bloomfield at only $284, if you got a preview of what Nehalem can do. Another great one is the highest 3.2GHz Extreme for enthusiasts gets priced at $999, much lower than the present $1499 king, Core 2 Quad Extreme 9770 at the same 3.2GHz. So if Nehalem can overclock as well, say, as what Yorkfield can accomplish today, it will have no reason to be not popular at all!

What got also confirmed is the shipment of Lynnfield and Havendale, the mainstream counterparts of Bloomfield, has been shifted to Q3, 2009 instead of the original planned Q1, 2009. A surprise comes as the initial release of Havendale already concludes entry-level processors whose pricing ranging from $80 to $90. Motherboard makers expect the generation transition to massively occur since Q4, 2009 from Socket 775 to Socket 1160 and Socket 1336.

As revealed, Intel hadn’t yet thought up a perfect official name for its Nehalem based processors, who are already pending for sale in market beginning Q3 in this year, but they are sure to not inherit the brand of “Core 2″.

Mainboard manufactures are happy about the latest pricing news from Intel by claiming they are ready to expect a great selling for their various X58 and every other next-gen boards since Intel priced all these new tigers just a little higher than the present Penryn-based 45nm duals and quads.

Prices in detail are listed below.

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