While the usual g33k is looking forward for the Nehalem-enriched Calpella, Intel is preparing to introduce a little update to its mobile platform before it. Planned for Q2 2009 and now expected to debut in April the Montevina (Centrino 2) refresh will see to the release of a couple of new 45nm Core 2 Duo processors, the T9900 and T8800, and will make use of the upcoming GM47 chipset, as well as the current GM45 and PM45.
The GM47 will be released in Q1 2009 and while most of its features are already found on the GM45, it will include an updated IGP dubbed 4700MHD. The GM47's graphics core is clocked at 640 MHz, as opposed to the 533 MHz of the GM45's IGP. The Montevina refresh may not be spectacular but it should keep laptop makers busy until Calpella will be ready for release.
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Nehalem for notebooks by the end of 2009
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While Intel prepares itself for November's Core i7 launch, the first rumors on a mobile version of the quadcore chip have already appeared. Intel reports that the notebook version, codenamed Clarksfield, won't be taken into production until the second half of 2009
It's still unclear whether this date concerns the production of test versions, or the mass production of the final processor. This makes it impossible to say whether the CPU's will be released in the third or the fourth quarter of next year. Like the desktop version, this mobile Core i7 processor will be produced at 45nm and will feature an integrated DDR3 memory controller and advanced energy management. Whether the triple-channel DDR3 feature will make it to the notebooks isn't known yet.
Nehalem will be available for notebooks by the end of 2009
The new quadcore Clarksfield will be the base of the new Centrino platform, which is labeled on the roadmap as Calpella. This new processor will also require another chipset, the most likely being a mobile version of the still to be introduced P55 chipset.
When the Centrino platform was last updated, Intel introduced two 45nm quadcores for notebooks, so it's likely these will last until the mobile Core i7 is ready to follow them up.
It's still unclear whether this date concerns the production of test versions, or the mass production of the final processor. This makes it impossible to say whether the CPU's will be released in the third or the fourth quarter of next year. Like the desktop version, this mobile Core i7 processor will be produced at 45nm and will feature an integrated DDR3 memory controller and advanced energy management. Whether the triple-channel DDR3 feature will make it to the notebooks isn't known yet.
Nehalem will be available for notebooks by the end of 2009The new quadcore Clarksfield will be the base of the new Centrino platform, which is labeled on the roadmap as Calpella. This new processor will also require another chipset, the most likely being a mobile version of the still to be introduced P55 chipset.
When the Centrino platform was last updated, Intel introduced two 45nm quadcores for notebooks, so it's likely these will last until the mobile Core i7 is ready to follow them up.
Source: PC World
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