Mobile Intel Penryn Core 2 Duos Revealed

Intel's "Santa Rosa" platform gets a "Penryn" refresh before "Montevina" arrives. Info has been leaked about Intel's upcoming Penryn-based Core 2 Duo processors for the Santa Rosa refresh. The new processors have not been given names yet but their basic specifications are known. All four use the 800MHz Front Side Bus of the Santa Rosa platform. Intel does not plan to employ the 1066/1333MHz Front Side Buses of their desktop parts for mobile chips. The chips are as follows

Penryn-based mobile Core 2 Duos
Model	Core Frequency	FSB	L2 Cache
TBA	2.6 GHz	800 MHz	6MB
TBA	2.5 GHz	800 MHz	6MB
TBA	2.4 GHz	800 MHz	3MB
TBA	2.1 GHz	800 MHz	3MB

All four mobile Core 2 Duo processors make use of an 800MHz FSB, matching Merom-based models

Intels Laptop CPU Roadmap

Intel plans to launch Intel Core 2 Extreme X7800 and Celeron M 540 laptop processors

Intel plans to launch Intel Core 2 Extreme X7800 and Celeron M 540 laptop processors on July 8th, as well as Core 2 Extreme X7900, Core 2 Duo T7250, T7800, L7700, U2200, U2100, and Celeron 550 on September 2nd. Intel will lower prices of Santa Rosa-series high-end Core 2 Duo T7500 and T7700 processors in the third quarter by almost 24% and 32%, respectively, DigiTimes reports. The price cut will stimulate the next wave of notebook replacement demand, according to DigiTimes� sources at notebook makers.

In the meantime, Intel will roll out its highest-end X7900, high-end T7800 and entry-level T7250 processors reportedly. The T7250 is expected to be priced at $210 per thousand units. The Core 2 Extreme X7800 and X7900, designed for gaming notebooks, are clocked at 2.6GHz and 2.8GHz respectively. Both of these high-end processors have 800MHz front side bus, 4MB of L2 cache, and initial prices of $851, according to Intel�s mobile CPU roadmap published by VR-Zone.