Leaked Intel roadmap shows Centrino 2 bump just before Calpella hits

Intel's Montevina mobile processors will get a significant bump in the 2nd quarter of 2009 with the 3.06GHz Core 2 Duo T9900, and the 2.66GHz Core 2 Duo P8800. A completely separate, slightly more suspect Digitimes rumor tells of a possible Core 2 Quad Q9600 CPU of unknown speed and power. Regardless, we won't get to bask in their awesomeness for very long, as the switchover to the Calpella platform (and Clarksfield) will follow quickly in the 3rd quarter of 2009. Will the rumor-mill never cease to torture us?

[Via Electronista]

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[rock99rock @ Oct 23rd 2008 3:56PM]

The centrino 2 as it stands right now is not so bad, although i really couldnt tell a difference between that and the c2d 7000 series.

All i know is, im ready for my Nehalem upgrade. E6600 getting a little sluggish.

[rock99rock @ Oct 23rd 2008 4:04PM]

Like a wet sponge.

[phanbouy @ Oct 23rd 2008 6:28PM]

Surely you're not serious?

[Poom @ Oct 23rd 2008 8:31PM]

Core 2 Duo and Centrino 2 aren't brandnames for the same thing... -_-" Centrino isn't just the CPU.

[Mark @ Oct 23rd 2008 9:01PM]

Unless you do some serious video editing/recoding how on earth is an e6600 sluggish? I have a launch e6600 w/ 2 gigs ram and Vista and I've not had any problems. Games are always graphics card limited for me. Aside for Flight Sim X. As for video recoding your graphics card is better at that than your CPU anyhow. If you edit video on the other hand, please accept my sincerest apologies.

[phanbouy @ Oct 23rd 2008 9:49PM]

no one else got your Airplane! reference apparently.

[rock99rock @ Oct 24th 2008 1:15AM]

@phanbouy
i can never get enough of the classics

@Mark
Of course im serious. And quit calling me Shirley. Serious video editing/decoding is the key. These freaking 1080p mkv files are hogs! Im usually downloading at capacity, streaming, and decoding all at once. E6600 was the 3rd or 4th best consumer processor when it came out, and it was righteous. Right now though, i feel like i need 10 of them in parallel.

[Juxterium @ Oct 23rd 2008 3:58PM]

"Will the rumor-mill never cease to torture us? "

Hell no!

[0megapart!cle @ Oct 23rd 2008 4:26PM]

Intel used to do a little bump on their prior architecture before coming out with the next new one. I'm running a 1.7 Ghz Pentium M (Banias), which was the bump on the Banias line, which launched with 1.3-1.6 Ghz speeds.

[Bryn @ Oct 23rd 2008 6:29PM]

It's almost certainly because they have an embarrassment of processors which run at the top speed or above at that point at that point in the production cycle...

[Tim @ Oct 23rd 2008 4:41PM]

Nice little upgrade for the Montevina for the time being. Can't wait for Calpella though.

http://sogeshirts.com

[savingryan'sprivates @ Oct 23rd 2008 4:48PM]

Which one is Nehelem?

[digitallysick @ Oct 23rd 2008 4:49PM]

I will be taking the "Core 2 Quad Q9600 " thanks

[Keith @ Oct 23rd 2008 6:18PM]

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[Canoo @ Oct 23rd 2008 6:22PM]

Is that supposed to be Frieza from DBZ doing a face palm?

[BCre8v @ Oct 23rd 2008 6:24PM]

Interesting use of your dual-core proc.

[phanbouy @ Oct 23rd 2008 6:37PM]

Picard FTW

[maveric101 @ Oct 23rd 2008 8:44PM]

they're all over digg. lets keep it that way.

[Boards of Canada @ Oct 23rd 2008 8:47PM]

I have a duo2core 3ghz... when there will be a significant update? I dont need quad cause my soft mostly use 1 CPU when working... I render on other computers.

[Jinx @ Oct 23rd 2008 10:57PM]

Calpella

[Scotty Doo @ Oct 24th 2008 4:08AM]

And Dell, where's your Montevina XPS line? Where is it huh? By the time you get off your fat arses and refresh them they'll be outta date........hurry up for gods sake!

[Danny C @ Jan 11th 2009 11:32AM]

Capella is nehalem for notebooks