Intel to Unleash 32-nm Arrandale Processors on January 7th
The Arrandale and Grantdale processors are all shipping now and will begin appearing in new computers in early 2010. Intel has invested more than $7 billion in the United States in 2009 on four factories used to build the 32-nm products.
The mobile version of these chips have been commonly referred to as Arrandale and have been expected to be used in future MacBook Pro updates. Previous leaks have indicated that the new processors will run as high as 2.66GHz, though Intel did not officially confirm any of those details today.Intel did demo the chips in several systems showing off the graphics capabilities of the chip as well as boasting about the new Hyper Threading and Turbo Boost features. While there had been some unconfirmed rumors about Apple skipping this set of processors, most continue to expect that Apple will adopt these processors in the next MacBook Pro.
CES kicks off on January 7th, and for the first time in many years, CES will not be competing for headlines with Macworld Expo. Macworld has been moved to February 9th-13th this year and is struggling to find its place after Apple's decision to stop attending the event.
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wow i remember when 120nm was a big deal!
You old fart! ;)
I wonder just how much longer these the battery time will be with these chips. I can't wait for a benchmark, so I can lament even more over my 3 hour battery life!
wow i remember when 120nm was a big deal!
120nm is still a big deal.
Don't be fooled by these kids and their tiny lithography.
I wonder just how much longer these the battery time will be with these chips. I can't wait for a benchmark, so I can lament even more over my 3 hour battery life!
Unless Intel figured out a way to cut leakage (which increases as feature size decreases), battery life may not be much improved.
so does this mean new macbook pro updates on jan 7th????
Did you read the post?
I think you'd be better off starting a new thread about it. Go for something original like "Buy now or wait?"
so does this mean new macbook pro updates on jan 7th????
I also have this question. Will we see updated macbook pro's at January 7th, or will it be a few weeks afterward?
Is Apple going all discrete once again on it's even smaller boards or are we going to have to deal with Intel's GMA showing up again on our Macs? The 9400M G was a great venture but right now it's dead end beyond Core 2.
Arrandale isn't a quad core component either and Clarksfield products are showing up at the bargain basement price of $999. The quad core entry part of the Core i7-720QM is a much better product compared to the Core 2 Quad Q9000.
Did you read the post?
I think you'd be better off starting a new thread about it. Go for something original like "Buy now or wait?"
lol i only read half......then posted the comment...my bad:rolleyes:
I hope they will be cooler, hence drawing less power, now that they are being made using the 32nm manufacturing process.
Always good to hear about new CPU chips from Intel.
I hope they will be cooler, hence drawing less power, now that they are being made using the 32nm manufacturing process.
Actually, your hence is backwards. It would draw less power, hence be cooler.
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