Intel Core 2 Extreme For Gaming Notebooks Coming in Q3

Intel Corporation Executive Vice President Sean Maloney has announced the release of an Intel Core 2 Extreme mobile dual core processor at the Computex Show in Taipei. The chip maker’s first CPU designed for gaming notebooks will be released in the third quarter of this year, according to Maloney.

“The upcoming chip is targeted to be the company’s highest-performing mobile dual-core processor that still includes energy-saving power features for notebook-friendly designs,” Intel’s press release says.

Currently there is no official information on Core 2 Extreme laptop CPU’s specifications and pricing. Earlier reports say that the first C2E mobile processor will be the X7800 model at 2.6GHz clock speed and with 4MB of L2 cache. It will have Intel “Santa Rosa’s” 800MHz front-side bus. The expected price for 1000 Core 2 Extreme X7800 processors will be $795 per unit reportedly.

Some laptop makers already use the desktop computer version of Core 2 Extreme in their gaming/workstation notebooks.