Intel bringing quad-core CPU's to Laptops

[Moneyless]

Originally Posted by Engadget

Whispers in the hallways of George Washington CPU High School indicate that Intel is primed to release a batch of quad-core laptop processors next month. There apparently isn't a ton of info on the happening right now, though Pioneer Computers (an Australian PC maker) is currently taking orders on a system equipped with a 2.53GHz Core 2 Extreme chip, the QX9300. Of course, one of Intel's regional marketing managers in Singapore, Sujan Kamran, says that, "We're bringing quad-core to mobile in August," so, uh... not a lot of mystery left, is there?

Source - Engadget

Originally Posted by Yahoo! News

Intel will release it's first quad-core processor for laptops next month, rounding out a broad update to its mobile computing platform.


"We're bringing quad-core to mobile in August," said Sujan Kamran, regional marketing manager for client platforms at Intel in Singapore. Kamran declined to disclose specifics of the quad-core chip, which will carry Intel's Core 2 Extreme moniker.

Getting a quad-core processor into a laptop is more about bragging rights than a genuine boost in performance. Very little PC software is designed to take advantage of multiple cores and it's unclear what performance benefits a quad-core chip would offer over a dual-core chip, such as the 3.06GHz Core 2 Extreme QX9100.

While official details of the upcoming quad-core chip are scarce, Australian PC maker Pioneer Computers is taking preorders for laptops based on an unreleased quad-core mobile chip, the 2.53GHz Core 2 Extreme QX9300.

The chip is advertised as a A$1,449 (US$1,390) upgrade to Pioneer Computers' DreamBook Style 9008 laptop. But adding a quad-core processor to the laptop doesn't come cheap: the cost of the upgrade is more than the laptop's A$1,399 basic price.

Source - Yahoo! News

[ItsLasher]

There have been q6600 laptops out for awhile now.

[Moneyless]

Originally Posted by ItsLasher

There have been q6600 laptops out for awhile now.

Yeah but the Kentsfield-series desktop quad-core CPU's (probably) generate much more heat then these and absolutely KILL battery life on a laptop.

[ItsLasher]

Originally Posted by Moneyless

Yeah but the Kentsfield-series desktop quad-core CPU's generate much more heat then these and absolutely KILL battery life on a laptop.

Intel bringing quad-core CPU's to Laptops..........The have been brought.

I was commenting on the title .

[Moneyless]

Originally Posted by ItsLasher

Intel bringing quad-core CPU's to Laptops..........The have been brought.

I was commenting on the title .

Lol yeah but they mean "quad-core" as in quad-core in a mobile CPU.

[Runt]

Do they not overheat?

[Goat]

Originally Posted by Runt

Do they not overheat?

Not as much as P4 Prescott-based laptops. Those things would melt themselves.

[roadrage]

no kidding Goat. I have a p4 laptop and that thing is a furnace. Actually use it on your lap for a while and you have roasted, well you know what I mean.