Intel Unveils Penryn Mobile CPUs, Santa Rosa Refresh Platform

Intel Corporation officially unveiled today their first five 45 nanometer (nm) processors, codenamed “Penryn“, which are a part of the new Intel Centrino platform for laptops, codenamed “Santa Rosa Refresh“.

“All of these new chips include the company’s new transistor formula and 45nm manufacturing process that boost a PC’s speed, reduces power requirements, saves on battery life, helps the environment and comes in smaller packages for more fashionable and compact computer designs,” Intel’s press release says.

The first “Penryn” CPUs are the Intel Core 2 Duo T8100, T8300, T9300, T9500, and the Core 2 Extreme X9000.

The slowest and the most affordable of these “Penryn” CPUs are the Core 2 Duo T8100 at 2.1GHz and T8300 at 2.4GHz, both with 3MB of L2 cache. These processors are priced at $209 and $241, respectively.

The higher-end 2.5GHz T9300 for $316 and 2.6GHz T9500 for $530 feature 6MB of L2 cache.

Among the first 45nm mobile processors, the most powerful is the Core 2 Extreme X9000, with 2.8 GHz clock speed and 6MB of L2 cache. We assume the X9000 is overclockable, as same as older 65nm Core 2 Extreme notebook chips. The X9000’s price is $851.

The T8100, T8300, and T9300 have a power consumption of 35W, while the X9000 uses 44W, according to earlier reports. The five CPUs have dual processing cores and utilize a 800MHz front-side bus.

The chips will become available this month.

Intel claims “Santa Rosa Refresh” based notebooks deliver HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc support improvement with an optional third party decoder. The chip maker also added new video and graphics capabilities with the Intel HD Boost that includes Intel Streaming SIMD Extensions 4 (SSE4) technology for speeding up workloads including video encoding for high-definition and photo manipulation.

The multimedia experience is additionally enhanced with the Intel TV Wizard, enabling users to easily connect “Santa Rosa Refresh” notebooks to HDTVs.

As same as the last year’s “Santa Rosa” platform, the “Santa Rosa Refresh” uses the 965 Mobile chipset and features Next-Gen Wireless-N technology that supports draft 802.11n Wi-Fi standard.

According to official announcements and leaked information, “Penryn”-based notebooks from manufacturers such as HP, Sony, Lenovo (IdeaPad Y710, ThinkPads), and Toshiba are expected to hit the market soon.

This article was published on 12/05/2007 and updated with the official information on 07/01/2008.

[…] Intel has officially confirmed launch of the “Santa Rosa Refresh” notebook platform in January next year. It is an update to Intel Centrino processor technology that includes the next-generation 45 nanometer (nm) Core 2 mobile processor codenamed “Penryn” and improved graphics capabilities, the chip maker announced. […]

[…] Intel “Penryn” processors, including the T8100 and T8300, are based on the company’s latest 45-nanometer production process. These CPUs are claimed to provide better performance and longer battery life than the previous generation of 65nm Core 2 Duo Mobile units, codenamed “Merom”. […]

[…] The first Lenovo ThinkPad R61 and T61 notebook models with the Intel Core 2 Duo 45-nanometer processors, codenamed “Penryn“, and the “Santa Rosa Refresh” notebook platform are now available for purchase through the Alvio Inc.’s website. […]

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These CPUs are available now from Zepto computers
on 14″ and 15.4″ laptops

http://uk.zepto.com/Shop/Default.aspx

[…] Lenovo ThinkPad X61 ultraportable notebooks with the new 45-nanometer Intel Core 2 Duo processor, codenamed “Penryn“, will be available starting next month, according to an announcement from Lenovo. […]

[…] The chip maker unveiled the first “Penryn” processors for the “Santa Rosa Refresh” laptop platform earlier this month. […]

[…] VR-Zone has revealed the prices of the Intel Core 2 Duo “Penryn” 45-nanometer mobile processors for the next-generation “Montevina” Centrino 2 notebook platform. The new Core 2 Duo and Core 2 Extreme 45nm CPUs will be priced in range from $209 to $851 in 1000-unit tray quantities, which is the same range as in the “Penryn” processor line for the current “Santa Rosa Refresh” Centrino platform. […]

[…] Dell has added Intel Core 2 Duo “Penryn” 45-nanometer processor options to its Precision M2300, M4300, and M6300 mobile workstations. In addition, the new NVIDIA Quadro FX video card option is now available in the M6300. […]

[…] Intel “Penryn” CPUs are claimed to boost notebooks’ speed, save on battery life, and produce less heat than “Merom” chips. […]

[…] These business oriented laptops come with the T8100 and T8300 “Penryn” CPUs, clocked at 2.1GHz and 2.4GHz respectively. The T8100 is a basic processor option, while selection of the T8300 adds $50 to the overall notebook’s price, according to configuration pages on Hewlett-Packard’s website. […]

[…] The Asus G70S-X1 is based on Intel Centrino “Santa Rosa Refresh” platform, and includes the Core 2 Duo T8100 processor at 2.1GHz and dual NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT graphics cards in SLI mode with a total of 1GB of dedicated DDR3 video memory. The notebook sports 4GB of DDR2 RAM, a 400GB hard drive at 7,200rpm, and a DVD burner. […]

[…] The HP Compaq 6510, 6710, 6720, and 6820 notebook models are now offered with the Intel Core 2 Duo 45nm “Penryn” processors, Crave CNet reports. […]

Haven’t all processors plateaued at around 2 GHz these days? Saying “2.5GHz T9300″ or “2.6GHz T9500″ is pretty meaningless at this point.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megahertz_myth

You should be reporting with an actual metric like FLOPS or something.