Half of all desktop PCs shipped in 2009 will be loaded with quad core processors, according to a study by research firm iSuppli.
“At the moment quad core only exists on top end machines, which proportionately account for a small part of the market. However by 2009 the firm expects the processors to be common in a much larger number of cheaper machines machines. By the third quarter of 2007 the firm predicts that quad cores will appear in five per cent of mainstream desktops, increasing to reach 18 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2008 and 49 percent in the fourth quarter of 2009,” PC Retail Magazine reports.
Notebook quad core chips aren’t predicted to be part of mainstream until 2010, though they may emerge in higher price points by late 2009, reportedly.
