Intel Ships first 'Extreme' Mobile Processor
Intel expanded its line of "Extreme" processors to include chips for notebooks, as well as a new flagship desktop processor on Monday.
In addition, the company also disclosed its plans to debut battery-friendly quad-core processors for laptops by next year. The announcements come as Intel celebrates its one-year anniversary of introducing the Core microarchitecture.
The Intel Core 2 Extreme X7800 is a mobile dual-core processor with both cores running at 2.6GHz. The chip includes built in power-saving features and removes overclocking locks, allowing manufacturers to speed up the processor if they so desire.
"Laptops are the fastest-growing computing market segment, and there is increasing demand from those who crave the ultimate in video, gaming and design computing performance, yet want the freedom and flexibility that a laptop brings," Mobile Platforms Group chief Mooly Eden said.
On the desktop side, Intel has released several new processors, including its flagship Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6850 quad-core. Each core runs at 3.0GHz and features a 1333 MHz system bus speed.
Intel said that the new processor is most useful for gamers and game developers looking for high performance systems on which to play and develop graphically intensive titles.
Pricing for the X7800 is $851 USD per 1,000 and will be available to OEMs immediately. Availability in new notebook systems will be within the next two weeks. New desktop processors are now shipping to OEMs, with end user availability in two weeks.
Those processors range in price from $163 to $999 USD.