[pauldanielash]

image via Electronica

Intel unveiled its Core i7 Mobile Processor this week at Intel Developer Forum 2009. The quad-core processors, Intel's first offering of the Nehalem technology for laptop use, boasts "Turbo Boost Technology" to accelerate processor clock speed up to 75% when needed, and better performance on multi-threaded applications. There is no currently known roadmap for adoption of the new chips on Apple hardware, but it seems a natural fit to leverage Grand Central Dispatch and OpenCL under Snow Leopard.

The Core i7-720 processor with a base frequency of 1.60 GHz base frequency can ramp dynamically to a maximum Turbo frequency of 2.80 GHz, and the 1.73 GHz Core i7-820 can boost up to 3.06GHz. Intel claims "up to 81% faster video encoding" based on the HDXPRT 2009 test, which also benchmarks music encoding, photo and video editing, and High Definition video playback.

The chip is also touted as a major improvement for game technology, with "31% improvement in artificial intelligence for game characters" and more "realistic physics for game worlds," according to the 3DMark Vantage CPU test.

Major manufacturers like ASUS and Dell have already announced laptops with the new processor.

[StealthBravo]

2.8 ghz 13" MBP Quad-Core baby!

[badass1469]

i want one! where can i sign up?!

[NOCSUCOW]

31% closer to Skynet

[StealthBravo]

^ lmfao

[iphonefreakify]

This is crazy

[stevosince82]

Alienware M15x and M17x ... simply the best

Alienware Computers - Custom-Built Gaming Desktops and Laptops

[jiniej]

Oh mobile as in laptop... not mobile as in... iPhone... too bad.
i7 iPhone would've been nice to say the least.

[dangerousandre]

Originally Posted by NOCSUCOW

31% closer to Skynet

Rofl!

[ecd5000]

Miles Bennett Dyson - need i say more, keep your eye on this!!!

[Rota]

Originally Posted by stevosince82

Alienware M15x and M17x ... simply the best

Alienware Computers - Custom-Built Gaming Desktops and Laptops

That's more of a waste of money than a Macbook.

[ron4543]

My xps m1730 @ 4.5ghz is fine for me now. 1 gig video 4 gig ram, although the price is much steeper than most would pay...

[eremeya]

Originally Posted by jiniej

Oh mobile as in laptop... not mobile as in... iPhone... too bad.
i7 iPhone would've been nice to say the least.

Yes, but don't the 3GS' get hot enough as it is?

It would be nice to have in a Macbook, but then of course so would a few other things. Oh well....

[robbpell]

to bad the socket wont fit the upcoming hexacore processors

[rwin84]

Can you say BAD *****?!?