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According to the source at motherboard makers as reported in Digitimes, Intel is going to launch eleven 45nm dual-core CPUs for notebooks in the first half of next year, and the company is also planning to launch quad-core versions in the third quarter. The 45nm quad-core notebook CPU codenamed Penryn QC comprise of two Penryn cores in a multi-chip package, adopt Socket P (35m x 35mm), 12MB L2 Cache, 1066MHz FSB and 45W maximum TDP. Initially the Penryn QC will only appear in the Core 2 Extreme series and most Montevina platform notebooks will not support the quad-core CPU.

Meanwhile on the dual-core side, the five 45nm dual-core notebook CPUs (for the Santa Rosa Refresh platform) which are scheduled to launch in January next year will have the model names: X9000 for 2.8GHz CPU, T9500 for 2.6GHz, T9300 for 2.5GHz, T8300 for 2.4GHz and T8100 for 2.1GHz and be priced at US$851, US$530, US$316, US$241 and US$209 in 1000-unit tray quantities, respectively, noted the sources.

Intel’s 45nm processors (Penryn) will account for 47% of the total notebook CPU shipments in the second quarter of 2008. Of the 47%, Montevina platform CPUs will account for 19%, while Santa Rosa Refresh will take up the rest. For the remaining 53% of the total notebook CPU shipments, Merom processors for Santa Rosa will take 34%, while Merom processors for Napa Refresh will take 19%.

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