Intel prepping Core 2 Extreme laptop CPUs
By Donald Melanson 
posted Jan 30th 2007 12:58PM
posted Jan 30th 2007 12:58PM
Intel looks to be set to give its mobile CPU offerings a shot in the arm, with HKEPC Hardware reporting that the chip maker has a pair of new Core 2 Extreme processors in the pipeline, aimed squarely at laptops catering to the more demanding gamers among us. Both processors fall under the "Mermon XE" codename, coming in at the 65nm level, and packing 4MB of shared L2 cache and an 800MHz frontside bus, along with support for SpeedStep, Virtualisation Technology, and 64-bit addressing. Look for the Core 2 Extreme X7800 to be the first of the two out of the gate sometime in Q2 or Q3 of this year, clocking in at 2.6GHz and running $795. It'll be followed shortly thereafter in Q4 by the X7900, which will raise the stakes to 2.8GHz, although it's not yet known how much it'll cost.[Via Reg Hardware]
i like this idea...
INTEL/AMD SUPER CORE PROCESSOR
is it possible to have core 2 quad extreme upgraded in laptop?
jethro
yessss! i'm interested too with core 2 quad extreme in laptops! when is that!!!!?
may this be heard.
yes! how about merging two great computer processor creator?! that would be beyond imagination..most likely many computer enthusiast will rush to buy. however, expensive the unit is...many would be blinded by its irresistible power!
I'm more interested in seeing quad core chips in laptops. Need so bad!!
Is this a Quad core???
ya, what about the quad core chips
screw dual core
quad core
do a ton more
Mermom, merman and merwoman?
Precursor to the release of Powermac, thank you very much.
Besides gamers, are there really that many applications that can take advantage of four cores? Most applications can't even manage two. I realize that more cores enhances multitasking, but really how many people are decoding video, burning dvd's, and gaming all at the same time, on a routine basis?
It seems to me that the race for more cores will pan out way before the race for more ghz did. For the most part, people that buy decent dual cores today should be able to use them for quite some time, without much trouble.
I wonder how long it will be until we see these or other quad cores in MacBook Pros. I'm looking to get one around June or July.
Would MacBook Pros be able to upgrade to this chip?
The real questions are why these processors have passed the battery technology. Some P4 laptops peek at 6hrs what the heck do you think a quad core is going to do to that??? Let’s work on the outdated technology before tossing more functionality into a portable device.
The issue will no longer be exploding batteries but CPU's. I can already here the sirens. Go AMD!
AMD AND INTEL SHOULD JOIN FORCES. INSTEAD OF THINKING ABOUT THE MONEY. WHAT ABOUT THE PEOPLE
AND THEY WILL MAKE INTEL/AMD SUPER CORE PROCESSOR