Intel's mobile Penryn CPUs hitting January 6th?

Don't get us wrong, we're happy and all to see those 45nm Penryn-based desktop processors on the loose. But our jones will only be slaked when the mobile versions of those high-powered (yet low-power consuming) beasts start hitting sockets. If DailyTech has it right, then our wait ends on January 6th. That's the date when Intel will supposedly release their 2.8GHz X9000 ($851), 2.6GHz T9500 ($530), and 2.5GHz T9300 ($316) CPUs with 6MB of L2 cache. Additionally, DT expects a 2.4GHz T8300 ($241) and 2.1GHz T8100 ($209) to pop only with the cache rolled back to 3MB. We expect to see the first machines running these chips at CES with at least one other possible public release coming on January 15th. Wink wink, nudge nudge.

[Chris @ Dec 5th 2007 8:20AM]

"Additionally, DT expects a 2.4GHz T8300 ($241) and 2.1GHz T8100 ($209) to pop only with the cache rolled back to 3GB"

3GB cache?!

Really? Where was I when THIS was announced?!

[Flashpoint @ Dec 5th 2007 8:23AM]

goddamnit you !
You know that was a typo. Leave it alone.

[Charlie Calhoun @ Dec 5th 2007 2:45PM]

Ever notice that all the typos noticed in the Comments are never [Thanked] by Engadget, they just fix them and make YOU look like an idiot? I'm not saying you're an idiot, I'm saying "Engadget, give credit to your readers, they make you look like you're not idiots!"

[Flashpoint @ Dec 5th 2007 8:21AM]

...but can it play CRYSIS?

I purchased my new PC based solely on the specs of CRYSIS.

It was a $1300 HP at Circuit City with QUAD CORE Unmatched - 3 GB RAM (17" LCD) and I also got a $400 Radeon on the side.

CRYSIS runs so smoooooooth

[darx23 @ Dec 5th 2007 8:05PM]

Should have made your own computer for half the cost...

[Holger Eilhard @ Dec 5th 2007 8:58AM]

Anyone else thinking of an updated MacBook (Pro) for Macworld?

[James Yopp @ Dec 5th 2007 9:41AM]

I'm thinking of an ultraportable MacBook Pro. What better use for fast, low-power, low-heat processors than to enable decent battery life in a super-slim, super-light notebook?

I haven't looked forward to a product introduction like this, ever. I just wish I was excited because this was some huge technological breakthrough. Trouble is, it's not -- Apple has simply staunchly refused to offer a product on the level of one they discontinued years ago. Here's hoping that their gangbuster laptop sales have convinced them there's room for one or two more highly-coveted form factors in their lineup.

Intel's Silverthorne, which I have no idea when it will be on the market, is probably an even more important 45nm processor to watch though, because it will scale back a lot of the situation-specific enhancements and pipelining to bring die size down. This will allow, for example, a mobile phone that runs full x86 software in a fanless configuration on a battery that won't rip out the seams in your pocket. Picture and preview (with technical specs, of course) available at Ars Technica.

[James Yopp @ Dec 5th 2007 9:44AM]

Aargh. Engadget destroys HTML anchor tags. Now I know. Here's the link that should have appeared in the above post.

http://arstechnica.com/articles/paedia/cpu/Intels-x86-ISA-grows-down-today-laptops-tomorrow-the-iPhoneBlackberry.ars

[Adolph Trudeau @ Jan 7th 2008 11:24AM]

I was thinking that at first, but after a moment I thought, "didn't Apple wait a bit with the Santa Rosa chipset?" The mixed shipping dates on the Fujitsu announcement seem to indicate that supplies will be constrained in January. Aside from LED displays, Apple seems interested in a balanced 15-17in offering and doesn't generally update one or the other separately. Fujitsu is going to update the 15in before the 17in offering.

http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/07/fujitsu-intros-a-handful-of-45nm-laptops/

[Ike Turner @ Dec 5th 2007 9:25AM]

Intel be pimps!

[wickedpheonix @ Dec 5th 2007 10:57AM]

If there is a ultra-portable Mac running one of these babies then I guess that means that we got some LV and/or ULV versions on the way. Good news for us long-battery loving tablet folks, wanna see some Lenovo X70's over here :D

[Kamall @ Dec 5th 2007 11:07AM]

There won't be a Penryn ULV processor for a while, we'll only see the U7700, 1.33ghz Core 2 Duo ULV be released December 30th to replace the 1.06ghz U7500 and drop the price of the 1.2ghz U7600.

[bob @ Dec 30th 2007 1:40PM]

are these dual or quad core?

[Jeremy @ Dec 5th 2007 2:19PM]

So she's a go-er ehh!

[BuzzyJ @ Dec 5th 2007 3:35PM]

I'll wait for Q3 in '08 when this platform gets a faster bus. As far as I know, it's still stuck at 800 mhz

[strang @ Dec 6th 2007 1:08AM]

Why wait for faster bus when the next architecture eliminates that all together?

[Jon-Michael @ Dec 5th 2007 6:46PM]

Or just wait for Nehalem to come out, if you're going to wait all the way until Q3 2008.

[fritz70 @ Dec 5th 2007 6:39PM]

I just find it annoying that things are always getting better the longer you wait - I would have liked this 2 weeks ago when i bought my C2D macbook. Darn. January 6th is not too far away. Then again, the processor on my macbook is more than enough for me anyway...

[Chris @ Dec 5th 2007 6:13PM]

According to a few sites, the Xeon Server Penryns will be running 1600MHz FSB speeds. There is a rumor floating around a few sites that the 45nm Penryn consumer chips are going to be running slightly slower, somewhere in the neighborhood of 1333MHz.

That isn't confirmed though. You might not have to wait until Q3 08 after all. I know I'm waiting to make my laptop purchase until the 45nm chips are on the market for a little while. Santa Rosa didn't do too much for the laptop scene.