NEW DELHI, INDIA: Chipmaker Intel is set to launch 40 new processors in the first half of 2012 with the company to release 20 models each quarter.

According to DigiTimes, in the first quarter, Intel will release two six-core processors Xeon E5-1660 and 1650 and a quad-core processor priced at $1,080, $583 and $294, respectively and will launch seven eight-core processors including Xeon E5-2690, four six-core processors including E5-2640, three quad-core processors including E5-2609 and dual-core processor E5-2637.

In the second quarter of 2012, Intel will release 11 Ivy Bridge-H2 series CPUs including Xeon E3-1290v2, priced between $189-884 and seven more processors including Xeon E5-2470, priced between $192-1,440.